Perhaps one of the hardest books I've ever tried to get through. Perhaps it was because I listened to the audio book and the author's voice was unbelievably slow and monotone. I struggled to stay awake - which was great to help fall asleep on the beach sometimes. The information was interesting in a Malcom Gladwell kind of way, but I just couldn't get the point to a lot of it. Power is decentralizing in many different areas, which is leading to instability, which in turn is leading to new alliances and power structures. But I kept feeling like saying 'so what'?? What's the point of this book. If it hadn't been recommended by Zuckerberg, I doubt I would ever have picked this up. My new year's resolution is to read more things in print, which is admittedly difficult since I'm so used to browsing on my iPad before bed. I just finished The End of Power recommended by Mark Zuckerberg, and it was an interesting change for the past couple of nights. The author, Moises Naim, works to define what power is, distinguishing between hard and soft power, and illustrates the rise and decline of it through time and various media. It's really one long, well-researched thesis on changing circumstances and how power shifts or, as Naim puts it, "decays" from what and where we had perceived it to be. Interesting to pick up if you enjoy a mix of business, politics, psychology, and sociology.
What do You think about O Fim Do Poder (2013)?
This would have been an interesting essay. Instead it was a dry, repetitive 300 page thesis.
—lydia
I can see this being a regular studied book in any political science class.
—misskitty
