The great symbol of American mobility is morphing into a network device, a data-generating green machine plugged into a matrix of power grids, cloud computers and social media.

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The feeling that, if this group of 100 is the inner circle, imagine the kind of change this Power Matrix can affect.

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The list is calculated using a matrix of 50 factors that indicate the use of soft power.

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