Disruptive Power – The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age By Owen, Taylor Book – 2015
A fascinating book. Disruptive technology affects businesses: some now ones grow, others die off. But the effect on government institutions is more striking: a disruptive technology threatens the powers that be, whether it is social networks used in the Arab spring movements, leaks turning the intelligence community upside down, or Bitcoin threatening governments’ control of the money supply.