The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Martin Gurri
This thought-provoking book highlights the power shift caused by technology between the public and elite institutions. The author analyzes how digital devices and the vast information sphere sparked insurgencies across the globe, mobilizing millions of ordinary people. The updated edition takes a look at current political events, including Donald Trump's election and Brexit, and ponders whether the current elite class can reform the democratic process. A must-read for those interested in politics and technology.
Publish Date
2014-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
2014-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.25
ISBN
9781732265141
Recommendations
4
Recommendations
2020-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
One of the more important and more prophetic social science books of our time. – source2020-10-09T22:09:28.000Z
On page 1, we do refer to @mgurri "Revolt of the Public" main thesis (quoting his 2018 edition's pp. 90-91). His argument also helps us make sense of the main result (as we discuss in section 4.2). This is indeed a great book, highly recommended! – source2021-03-18T18:15:10.000Z
@Fred_Dorkman You must be looking over my shoulder and reading the book I'm reading.
Seriously interesting.
I'm thinking about the ramifications for AI and the future of work and wny the most important part of OKRs is shutting up. – source2021-04-07T13:16:53.000Z
Important book by @mgurri does a good job explaining a lot of how we got here politically around the world and in the US. It was written back in 2014 (with an updated chapter in 2018) so shows a lot of longer term trends. I forget who suggested it but thanks. – source