Interesting Rob! It reminds me of L.Ron Hubbard's KRC triangle I learned it in business management school. (yeah thats the guy believe me I dont follow his religious beliefs but he has a way of saying things that make perfect sense :laughing
"Its difficult to be Responsible for something or have Control over something unless you have Knowledge of it" He further goes on with the ARC triangle-
Every point on the Affinity triangle is dependent on the other 2- One cannot raise or lower any point without raising or lowering the other 2. By increasing ones knowledge of something automatically their Responsibility and Control over the subject or activity is increased."
Basic common sense for most of us but some need things pointed out to them in order for them to comprehend what they are seeing and believe they witnessed a revelation.
I did read one of his books awhile ago, I'm no Scientologist either, by the way, but it was an intreresting read although I'm not sure I accept his Dianetics and his en-gram philosophy. For those of you who don't know the theory, Hubbard believes that traumatic events in one's life trigger a recall later in life if certain criteria from the traumatic event are present. Let's say your house is burning down and as you're looking at the flames a train goes by and blows its whistle. Ten years later you hear a whistle blow and subconscious actions take place and you get depressed. So he sets out to define all your en-grams and bingo you're all well and bubbly! At least that's what I remember of it, I read it 30 or so years ago.
Here's how smart Bernays was. Tobacco went to him and said basically, we're only getting half the smokers because of this taboo on women smoking so Bernays orchestrates a group of women smoking during the NYC parade and invites the press. Bingo, now it's fashionable to smoke, it's a "Torch of freedom" a freedom stick, that reflects women's independence!
Edward Bernays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In the 1920s, working for the American Tobacco Company, he sent a group of young models to march in the New York City parade. He then told the press that a group of women's rights marchers would light "Torches of Freedom". On his signal, the models lit Lucky Strike cigarettes in front of the eager photographers. The New York Times (1 April 1929) printed: "Group of Girls Puff at Cigarettes as a Gesture of 'Freedom'". This helped to break the taboo against women smoking in public."
