The Seventh Sense

Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks

By: Joshua Cooper Ramo

Narrated by: Joshua Cooper Ramo

Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

©2016 Joshua Cooper Ramo (P)2016 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"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)

Are you the most ambitious person you know?

This book was written for you. You likely already have the Seventh Sense; the job of this book is to give those with this new "instinct" a common language to recognise and communicate with each other. If you don't have the 7th sense already, this book may enrage you, terrify you, or challenge you like never before. But if you're Bruce Wayne or Neo, this book is your bat trial, your red pill. It's a crash course on the nature of our age, and a call to master your inner game. But the outcome of this age? The future of freedom, order, war and peace? That's on you.

Amazing!

Incredible insight and wonder. Sad that it's over, as it was such a fascinating ride!

Eminently Sensible and Prophetic

This should be required reading for policy makers, business school professors, and any one interested in how networks will increasing shape our thinking, feeling, and acting.

Irritating narration, vague writing

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Can be very thought provoking at times

If you’ve listened to books by Joshua Cooper Ramo before, how does this one compare?

I've seen him speak in person and he's much better in an hour long format.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Joshua Cooper Ramo?

Normally, I like when an author reads their own work. Perhaps this was Ramo's first time? He.speaks.as.if.there.is.a.period.between.every.word and it is maddening. Like having a debate with Captain Kirk. His. narration. drove. me. nuts.

Could you see The Seventh Sense being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No

Any additional comments?

Can be exceptionally thought provoking at times, but thoughts are only vaguely connected and can be lost in the long winded stories.

Unimaginably powerful

Strongly recommended for any one who lives in this age and wants to understand if not master it

The right book at the perfect time

I got to know about this book from the top books the top global leaders are reading this year and I decided to also read it and oh goodness! It is the right book at the right time. I makes us understand why sometimes our plans and solutions to problems don't work and why everyone having more gun will not necessarily make us safer but make us rather unsafe.

The power of networks and we are losing the battle against terror groups and why drones and bombings will not stop the terror and what likely solutions we should be considering.

This is a book I will recommend for Presidents or anyone interested in taking up politics.

I can't say enough but I am going to read it over again. The 9hrs came by fast and j believe I may have missed some portions although I doubt.

The performance was even better (at 1.5x for me).

Will Get You Thinkiing

Interesting way of looking at the future. Helpful to those looking to make sense of why the world is chaotic and how to adjust to it.

Worth the listen

Joshua Ramo is an expert at using thousands of words to describe a ten word concept. Still, an interesting listen with many concepts worth pondering.

Thought provoking

Excellent narrator and content. depressing about our future but we all need to be prepared

Seventh sense

Fantastic insight into what is coming for the human race. And very fast!
Great reading