Chapter 06 — Control, Paragraph 8.1 (§06.00.08.01)
However, in practice control is sometimes considered a pursuit for its own sake; some individuals seek control over as many datasets as possible, or sovereignty over the ones they control already. Why is that? It is because datasets in the analogue world are finite. Control over one of them, therefore, is exercised by an individual or another Being to the exclusion of others. When it comes to humans, control allows to those exercising it to augment their information processing compared to others. When it comes to other Beings, it either serves their purpose better (for non-biological ones) or helps them to survive (animals). Because information in the analogue world is finite, control is finite too; one has it to the exclusion of others. However, in the digital world information is infinite. Therefore, any control by a single individual over a dataset is not an obstacle to the processing of others—an individual can carry out as much new processing as he or she likes, foregoing, of course, information already controlled by others (i.e. that specific dataset). Individuals do not need to fall under the decision-making power of those in control. Perhaps, then, control will cease to be visualised in the shape of a pyramid, as is the case today, and take the shape of a square, where individuals will race one another (comparison being natural to them, see §05.01.09) to create (instead of acquire, as is the case in the analogue world) as much information as possible.
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