16 June 2013 - eye in a pyramid

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2013 : 16 June 2013

Far-Sighted Founding Fathers

Who foresaw that the eye at the top of a pyramid would turn out to be such a perfect symbol for the information dominance of the elite?

clue:

The eye in a pyramid has started popping up all over; I wasn’t the first to notice its appropriateness.

The eye is originally a Christian symbol representing the eye of God and thereby God’s providence. It appears on official U.S. documents and on the 1-dollar bill.

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