MEME : Social Control as a Function of Media

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X^m	Media Capability of the Masses
X^m+1	Media Capability of their Controllers

	Pharaoh X	Priest X²	King X³	Government X⁴	Corporation X⁵	??? X⁶	??? X⁷
Controller Capability	Hear (God)	Read	Write	Program	Systematize	???	???
Mass Capability	Believe	Hear	Read	Write	Program	Systematize	???
In each new era, massess acquire capability of previous one. Text leads to a society of "hearers" read to by priests, computer leads to a society of "bloggers" using interfaces programmed for them. If algorithm hold, massess will acquire programming skill only after corporations develop capability to assimilate their programs.