{"product_id":"9781529177404-quiet-before","title":"The Quiet Before","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the unexpected origins of radical ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Quiet Before\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eSteven Pinker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRarely does a book give you a new way of looking at social change. This one does.' Walter Isaacson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do some radical ideas make history?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe tend to think of revolutions as loud: frustrations and demands shouted in the streets. But the ideas fuelling them have traditionally been conceived in much quieter spaces, in the small, secluded corners where a vanguard can imagine alternate realities. This extraordinary book is a search for those spaces, over centuries and across continents, and a warning that they might soon go extinct.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Quiet Before\u003c\/i\u003e is a grand panorama, stretching from the seventeenth-century correspondence that jump-started the scientific revolution to the encrypted apps used by epidemiologists fighting the pandemic in the shadow of an inept administration. Beckerman shows that defining social movements - from decolonization to feminism - thrive when they are given the time and space to gestate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, we are replacing these productive, private spaces with monolithic platforms. Why did the Arab Spring fall apart and Occupy Wall Street never gain traction? Has Black Lives Matter lived up to its full potential? Beckerman reveals what this new social media ecosystem still needs - from patience to focus - and offers a recipe for growing radical ideas again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyrical and profound, \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet Before\u003c\/i\u003e looks to the past to help us imagine a different future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40698242007137,"sku":"9781529177404","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32162766.jpg?v=1737046703","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529177404-quiet-before","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}