The Sovereign Individual - James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg
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The Sovereign Individual

Updated: 7 Sep 2020
Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.Few observers of the late twentieth century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing bestsellar, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years.In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries -- the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed "the fourth stage of human society," will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.
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over 4 years ago
This book breaks the taboo on prophecy: We're not supposed to talk about a future that doesn't include the powerful states that rule over us today. Rees-Mogg and Davidson argue that national governments could soon become as antiquated as 19th-century empires.
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Entrepreneur, Philosopher
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4 years ago
Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though).
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1 year ago
"Was really ahead of it's time, a lot of original thinking (some really out there stuff too)." - Brian Armstrong
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11 months ago
The book was certainly a inspirational tome for much individualist cypherpunk thought in the 2000s. But what did it concretely predict? And with 2020 hindsight (heh), what was right and what wrong?
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11 months ago
Michael Saylor recommended The Sovereign Individual on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com
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11 months ago
If you want to find startup ideas here’s the book. It came out in the late ’90s. It’s the most prescient thing in the world. With most bestsellers, you can distill 300 pages into a one-page summary. This book is the opposite. You can take one page and turn it into a Ph.D thesis.
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