The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

The Square and the Tower : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141984810 : 0141984813 : 07 Jun 2018 : Throughout history our societies have worked through networks and Ferguson's new book is a history of this remarkable aspect of human existence, from the networks that first allowed us to explore the oceans to today's hyper-linked world. He argues that networks have always been with us. Hierarchies rule, but networks innovate and make it possible that revolutionary ideas can contagiously spread.