In the late 1990's, Swedish social theorists Alexander Bard and Jan Soderqvist started working on a radical new theory, since referred to as The Netocracy Hypothesis. At this early stage Bard & Soderqvist foresaw that the control of the internet would be the subject of the main power struggle for the next century.
This is one of those books that has radically changed the way I look at things. I have read it but I am quite sure I am not finished with it.
They are not only predicting the future of human society in ways you can clearly see in the present but in fact re-contextualizing history.
Although I am one of the few people that read all three volumes, I cannot count myself in the very few that comprehended them them in their entirety. This guy did so go read that instead. I am not going to attempt to summarise or review this book.
I did not complete the trilogy, but really do not feel the need to read further.
This is a pseudo academic project that fails to meet even basic academic standards (such as consistent citations, clear presentation, or the spelling out of arguments). Instead, this reads more like extensive notes that someone has composed, and several of the core ideas are completely underdeveloped and underthought.
Unfortunately, this leads this text into the repetition (unconscious or otherwise) of several worryingly racist framings.
Generally speaking, this isn't offering anything particularly compelling, interesting, or useful.