![]() ![]() There is another transformation occurring in the world today, the result of technology-enabled collaboration and mass participation, that is affecting the social, political, and economic realities of each of our lives-and of human life collectively on Earth. At a deeper level, it is crucial to life on Earth, which is why I found Kate Raworth’s proclamation in her book, Doughnut Economics, that “It’s time to draw the economy anew, embedding it within society and within nature, and powered by the sun,” so undeniably realistic, and potentially transformative. ![]() But the existence of power, and the ability to exercise it, is also necessary for organizing human affairs. ![]() “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” So said Lord Acton. New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World-and How to Make It Work for You by Jeremy Heimans & Henry Timms, Doubleday, 336 pages, Hardcover, April 2018, ISBN 9780385541114 ![]()
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