“The political rout of 2016 had brought with it a new mood of deference towards the radically unforeseen. Around the globe, forecasters had been chastened and experts maligned; in their place had come the disruptors, the technological imperialists, the metadata millenarians and stokers of popular feeling who had managed, invisibly and hitherto impossibly, to manufacture the authentic, the world's most influential brand.” PoliticsChangeAuthenticity2016RadicalsDisruptionsDisruptors Book:Birnam Wood Source: Birnam Wood
“The thing that all these businesses [Amazon, Facebook and Google] have in common is they are disruptors. The foundations of their businesses are not unique. They have identified a problem that a large number of people were experiencing with an existing business or service and then found a way to make it more accessible / fast / cheap / efficient. If they pitch it right, in a short space of time, the disruptors become successful enough to replace, or at least displace, the conventional product or service in the sector they've made their own.” InnovationStartupsFintechDisruptors Book:Banking On It: How I Disrupted an Industry and Changed the Way We Manage our Money Forever Source: Banking On It: How I Disrupted an Industry and Changed the Way We Manage our Money Forever