I had bought Martin Gurri’s The revolt of the public some time back, but after reading the first few pages, had abandoned it.
I recently picked it up and found that it is a book that picks up spectacularly after its initial (and by now, dated prelude).
I have scarcely highlighted as much text as I’ve done in this book. It dripping with insights.
Also, this is one book where the E-book version is better than the paper one, because there’s an added on section from 2017 (yes, still dated since five years have passed, but better than ending the story in 2014).
At some point I should go back and curate a bunch of the highlights I made (come to think of it, I should do this for all of my highlights).
Many (too many) books attempt to “explain our times” to us. This is one that comes very, very close.
P.S. an old post, found it in my drafts from last year