NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE • An "elegantly argued and exuberantly narrated" (The New York Times Book Review) look at the building of social movements-from the 1600s to the present-and how current technology is undermining them"A...

'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker 'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rarely does a book give you a new way of...