{"id":15379,"date":"2021-07-13T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T07:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/?p=15379"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:53:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T07:53:51","slug":"current-read-the-square-and-the-tower-by-niall-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/current-read-the-square-and-the-tower-by-niall-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Current read: The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The front cover. This one is from the National Library. I’m ordering my own.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

This is why I keep telling people I meet that I am decades behind in my reading and writing. No one’s fault but mine, of course, but it’s never too late, eh? Niall Fergus on is of course a most prominent historian. You know that, of course, because even I have come to know of him! I first encountered Niall Ferguson on the Hoover Institution’s “GoodFellows” video series and he immediately struck me as someone who talks a lot of painstakingly researched sense. I picked up his book, not the most recent one, called “The Square and the Tower” and have given it a glance-over before diving in. It seems to me to be about both obvious and not-so-obvious networks and their characteristics and effects on the best-laid plans of mice and men. Also, the relationship between hierarchies and networks, or the exercise of powers seen and not-quite-seen. Having had a brief brush with business networking groups for a few years, I am also eager to see what Niall Ferguson’s take on those groups might be, even if only obliquely referenced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming next is a brief review. In the meantime, do check out my previous posts on hierarchies and networking. Type out search terms in the search bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the interesting diagrams in the book.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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