Connexity: How to Live in a Connected World

by Geoff Mulgan

Why do so many institutions seem stuck in the past? Why do so many relationships break down? How should the individual act when faced with a mass of conflicting information and values? This book attempts to provide radical answers to these questions, addressing the crises facing the planet at the end of the century. It shows that freedom and interdependence are set on a collision course. Basing its argument around the notion of connexity, it argues that the only way out of the impasse is to break down the rigid sense of ourselves as isolated units, and recognize the webs of mutual responsibility in which we live.

280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Geoff Mulgan is director of the Young Foundation. Between 1997 and 2004 he worked in the UK Prime Minister’s office and Cabinet Office and before that was the founding director of the thinktank Demos. He is a Visiting Professor at LSE, UCL, Melbourne University and the China Executive Leadership Academy. He also works as a part time adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Australia. His latest book is The Art of Public Strategy: mobilising power and knowledge for the
common good