US governance analysed through the lens of Plato’s 5 types of government:
aristocracy (rule by the “best”, that is, by experts specially trained at governance),
timarchy (rule by those guided by their courage and sense of honor),
oligarchy (rule by a wealthy minority),
democracy (rule by the people as a whole—a “mob” as Plato saw it), and
tyranny (rule by a despot answerable to no one but himself).
Paul Gilding’s “The Great Disruption” – pessimist
John Hagel III and John Seely Brown “The Power of Pull” – optimist “The Big Shift”