Content tagged with "networks"

The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks
Book Review
January 2, 2019
215

The basic concept here is that “networks” are the Next Big Thing. Everything in the world is interconnected, and “the seventh sense” is our ability to sense those connections, and think in terms of networks, rather than just isolated things. I think. It’s tough to tell. First of all, the author was…

The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Book Review
December 5, 2021
220

The basic gist of this book is that the world is made up of hierarchies, like governments and corporations; and networks, like terror networks, the Freemasons, and old college buddies. We tend to think that power resides in hierarchical networks, but often the power is in the networks. Networks…