New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You
Henry Timms / Jeremy Heimans
Trump wins the election, Airbnb is worth more than Hilton, and any company can be destroyed by an angry tweet from an offended customer, which is spread by thousands of users at lightning speed. The explanation for everything is the new power. For almost the entire history of mankind, power has been held by those who are "above": rulers, church hierarchs, nobility or large corporations. Now people can unite and self-organize online, without regard to geographic boundaries. And with unprecedented speed to influence so many events.
