The Seventh Sense
Joshua Cooper Ramo argues that the defining force of our time is connection: the way networks of computers, money, people, and ideas now bind the world together and change the nature of power. He borrows the idea of a seventh sense, an instinct for how networks reshape whatever they touch, and ranges across history, philosophy, technology, and politics to show what it means for security, business, and daily life. He draws on figures from Nietzsche to Silicon Valley engineers to make his case. Reid Hoffman gave the book a strong endorsement, calling it a masterpiece and the one book to read to understand the networked age.
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An argument that power now flows through networks, and that understanding how connection reshapes everything is the key instinct for the age.
It is Joshua Cooper Ramo's term for an instinct for how networks change the things they connect. He argues this awareness is essential to understanding power and security today.
The Seventh Sense was written by Joshua Cooper Ramo, published in 2016 by Little, Brown and Company.
The Seventh Sense is 368 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Seventh Sense takes most readers 6 to 8 hours to finish.
The Seventh Sense is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.