Connectivity - A Double Edged Sword

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When i first started writing the book, i thought i was going to write a passionate defence ofof an open world. But what i realized, as i cand have studied it more deeply, was that it's almost impossible to disentangle the things that i've loved about the last 30 years from the things that other people have hated. And so that forced me to look againa o lot of these things we're playing out. It led me to think that a big divide is not so much between open and closes, more between managed and unmanaged, a connectivity.

A more interconnected world was supposed to bring us closer together, but Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, says the opposite has occurred. He joins Carl Miller to discuss his new book The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity Causes Conflict, which argues that technology and a lack of joined up thinking is affecting communication on every level. From standoffs between nation states to individuals hurling insults on social media, Mark identifies how connectivity is being mismanaged and exploited during an era in which defining narratives are ever more elusive to pin down. To find out more about the book click here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-age-of-unpeace/mark-leonard/9780552178273

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