The seventh sense

Discussion in 'Educational Resources' started by nitro, Jun 11, 2016.

  1. nitro

    nitro

    Hard to know where to put this, but I thought this forum as good as any. This is a modern version of one of my favorite books/turned show of all time. Probably must reading.

    I have to think it through, if I understand correctly, I think I am reaching a different conclusion than he is, particularly in Chapter 2 & 3.

    The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks Hardcover – May 17, 2016
    by Joshua Cooper Ramo (Author)

     
  2. nitro

    nitro

  3. K-Pia

    K-Pia

    So it's official ? We have a sixth sense ?
     
  4. qxr1011

    qxr1011

    sure we do

    sixth sense is when the ass tells the head what to do - usually to run away...and the ass is correct most of the times :)

    seventh sense is when the dick tells the head what to do - usually to go ahead...and the dick is wrong most of the times :)
     
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  5. eurusdzn

    eurusdzn

    If somethimg is wrong most of the time amd costs you money as well then get rid of it.
     
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  6. K-Pia

    K-Pia

    No No No my friend.
    This is bad / incomplete reasoning.
    Assurance costs money but can save your life.
    You forgot to weight P(event) with it's own impact.
     
    Last edited: Jun 12, 2016
  7. Zestilio

    Zestilio

    Nice piece, though I prefer more theoretical books, philosophycal even.
     
  8. can you give us the gist before we buy?
     
  9. nitro

    nitro

    From the author of the international bestseller THE AGE OF THE UNTHINKABLE comes a powerful new story of revolution and riches in a connected age.

    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 examines the historic force now shaking our world--and explains how our leaders, our businesses, and each of us can master it.

    All around us now we are surrounded by events that are difficult to understand. But every day, new figures and forces emerge that seem to have mastered this tumultuous age. Sometimes these are the leaders of the most earthshaking companies of our time, accumulating billion-dollar fortunes. Or they are successful investors or our best generals. Other times, however, quick success is going to terrorists, rebels, and figures intent on chaos. What if we could know the secret of those who can make sense of this age? What if we could apply it to the questions that worry us most?

    In this groundbreaking new book, Joshua Cooper Ramo, author of the international bestseller The Age of the Unthinkable, introduces a powerful way of seeing the world. The Seventh Sense is the story of what all of today's successful figures see and feel--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 networks of trade and DNA and finance. 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 victors of this age know--and what the losers are not yet seeing.

    But The Seventh Sense won't merely change the way you see the world. It will also give you the power to change it.