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The definitive guide to spreading ideas, building actions, and leaping ahead inside our chaotic, connected age. Obtain the book NY Occasions columnist David Brooks calls ‘the best window I’ve noticed into this new world.’

Why do some leap ahead while others fall behind inside our chaotic, connected age? In New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms confront the largest stories of our time–the rise of mega-platforms like Facebook and Uber; the out-of-nowhere victories of Obama about New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World–and How to Make It Work for You and Trump; the unforeseen emergence of actions like #MeToo–and disclose what’s really in it: the rise of ‘new power.’

For most of history, the rules of power had been very clear: power was something to become seized and jealously guarded. This ‘aged power’ was out of reach for the vast majority of people. But our ubiquitous connection makes possible a different sort of power. ‘New power’ is made by many. It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. It functions like a current, not really a currency–and it really is most forceful when it surges. The battle between previous and fresh power is identifying who governs us, how we work, and even how we think and feel.

New Power shines fresh light on the cultural phenomena of our day, from #BlackLivesMatter towards the Ice Bucket Problem to Airbnb, uncovering the brand new power forces that produced them huge. Drawing on examples from business, activism, and pop lifestyle, as well as the analysis of businesses like Lego, NASA, Reddit, and TED, Heimans and Timms clarify developing fresh power and route it successfully. They also explore the dark aspect of these pushes: just how ISIS provides co-opted new capacity to monstrous ends, and the rise from the alt-right’s ‘intensity machine.’

In an era increasingly formed by fresh power, this groundbreaking book offers us a fresh way to comprehend the world–and our part in it.