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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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The digital age we live in is as transformative as the Industrial Revolution, and Joshua Cooper Ramo explains how to survive.

If you find yourself longing for a disconnected world where information is not always at your fingertips, you may eventually be as useful as the carriage maker post-Henry Ford. It's practically impossible to know where the marriage of imagination and technology will take us (sorry, Betamax and Kodak), and the only certainty is that in the networked world we will only become more intertwined. Is it possible not to become hopelessly tangled?

Joshua Cooper Ramo, a policy expert who has advised the most powerful nations and corporations, says yes - if you are ready to ride the disruption. Drawing on examples from business, science, and politics, Ramo illuminates our transformative world. Start by imagining a near future when America's greatest power is not its military or its economy but its control of the Internet.

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"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)
"The next president needs to read The Seventh Sense, starting on the morning of November 9th. Joshua Ramo's latest book is 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)

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Reality at its best!

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.

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But what is the 7th sense?

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

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impossibly brilliant !

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.

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Ground breaking understanding of our new world

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.

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