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The Seventh Sense

Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks

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The Seventh Sense

By: Joshua Cooper Ramo
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 Endless terror. Refugee waves. An unfixable global economy. Surprising election results. New billion-dollar fortunes. Miracle medical advances. What if they were all connected? What if you could understand why?

The Seventh Sense is the story of what all of today's successful figures see and feel: the forces that are invisible to most of us but explain everything from explosive technological change to uneasy political ripples. The secret to power now is understanding our new age of networks. Not merely the Internet, but also webs of trade, finance, and even DNA. Based on his years of advising generals, CEOs, and politicians, Ramo takes us into the opaque heart of our world's rapidly connected systems and teaches us what the losers are not yet seeing -- and what the victors of this age already know. Future Studies History & Culture Politics & Government Social Sciences Technology & Society Technology Military Socialism Hacking Computer Science Computer Security Ancient History Imperialism Capitalism Artificial Intelligence

Critic Reviews

Praise for The Seventh Sense

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Winner of the getAbstract 17th International Book Award
"A fascinating guide to the way the world is changing."—Malcolm Gladwell, author of David and Goliath
"Joshua Cooper Ramo has a unique intelligence and a unique voice, which illuminate this fascinating book. The central new reality of the world we live in today is connectivity. People, computers, other machines, almost everything is getting linked and these new networks are spewing oceans of information. How should we navigate this brave new world? Ramo writes with ease and authority about the technology, history , and foreign policy of this power shift, giving us an essential guide for the future."—Fareed Zakaria, author of In Defense of a Liberal Education
"This book paints an accurate and timely picture of the world we live in and how it is changing."—Mareo McCracken, Inc.
"In this hyper networked world remade fresh every day, with new perils and new opportunities, there is one book to be sure to read: Joshua Ramo's new book, a masterpiece, The Seventh Sense. To understand the tsunami of the networked age, you need history, biography, tech, philosophy, politics--and you want a book that has a depth beyond whatever else you could be streaming, podcasting, or wiki-ing. This is that book."—Reid Hoffman, Chairman/Founder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock
"Joshua Cooper Ramo has written a book that combines historic sweep and incisive detail. A great book, and a useful one. The Seventh Sense is a concept every businessman, diplomat, or student should aspire to master -- a powerful idea, backed by stories and figures that will be impossible to forget."—Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators
"If this book were read and understood by our next president, America would be a stronger country and the president would have an agenda for global leadership. Ramo's fascinating work serves a critical public purpose."—Bill Bradley
"Provocative reading... [Ramo] offers plenty of interesting scenarios for such things as global power shifts, AI-enabled weapons systems, and the like.... For policy wonks with an eye toward the middle term, Ramo provides a good effort to make sense of it all."—Kirkus Reviews
"The Seventh Sense ultimately isn't just about witnessing the power of human connections, but also harnessing that power to change the world. Highly recommended."—Midwest Book Review
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Just amazing so true and raw. From the past to the potential truth. I believe what you say is the truth. We are human first. Thankyou.

Reality at its best!

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I am not sure if this is intended to be a look at the future of networks or a philosophical treatise. I am still not sure what the 7th sense is. I think there is too much philosophy, bordering on being tangential for the book to be a book on the future of networks and too little philosophy to be a philosophical treatise on networks. So I am left confused and not sure what the book is about. Maybe it should be read and not listened to

But what is the 7th sense?

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I have just finished listening to this book for the first time. it's not an understatement to say that my mind has been blown. I need to listen to this book another three or four more times to fully digest the incredible foresight and erudition contained in this work.

impossibly brilliant !

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This is a must read for all human beings who want to understand where and how our digital computerized world is expanding to and the social effects of misusing the power of the new world.

Ground breaking understanding of our new world

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