{"product_id":"the-great-wave-the-era-of-radical-disruption-and-the-rise-of-the-outsider-hardcover","title":"The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichiko Kakutani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent examination of how disruptive politics, technology, and art are capsizing old assumptions in a great wave of change breaking over today's world, creating both opportunity and peril--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In this dazzling and brilliant book, Michiko Kakutani explains the cascading chaos of our era and points to ways that we can regain some stability.\"--Walter Isaacson, author of \u003ci\u003eElon Musk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe twenty-first century is experiencing a watershed moment defined by chaos and uncertainty, as one emergency cascades into another, underscoring the larger dynamics of change that are fueling instability across the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the global financial crisis of 2008, people have increasingly lost trust in institutions and elites, while seizing upon new digital tools to sidestep traditional gatekeepers. As a result, powerful new voices--once regarded as radical, unorthodox, or marginal--are disrupting the status quo in politics, business, and culture. Meanwhile, social and economic inequalities are stoking populist rage across the world, toxic partisanship is undermining democratic ideals, and the internet and AI have become high-speed vectors for the spread of misinformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriting with a critic's understanding of cultural trends and a journalist's eye for historical detail, Michiko Kakutani looks at the consequences of these new asymmetries of power. She maps the migration of ideas from the margins to the mainstream and explores the growing influence of outsiders--those who have sown chaos and fear (like Donald Trump), and those who have provided inspirational leadership (like Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky). At the same time, she situates today's multiplying crises in context with those that defined earlier hinge moments in history, from the waning of the Middle Ages to the transition between the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era at the end of the nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKakutani argues that today's crises are not only signs of an interconnected globe's profound vulnerabilities, but also stress tests pointing to the essential changes needed to survive this tumultuous era and build a more sustainable future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichiko Kakutani\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic and the former chief book critic of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Truth \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEx Libris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.66 x 5.67 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764472480032,"sku":"9780525574996","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/73c915d94a3c351c8579a80bf45bb087.webp?v=1780249329","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-great-wave-the-era-of-radical-disruption-and-the-rise-of-the-outsider-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}