Connectography Quotes

“It is time to re-imagine how life is organized on Earth. We’re accelerating into a future shaped less by countries than by connectivity. Mankind has a new maxim – Connectivity is destiny – and the most connected powers, and people, will win.”
― Parag Khanna, Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization

“Competitive connectivity is the arms race of the twenty-first century.”
― Parag Khanna, Connectography: Mapping the Global Network Revolution

“Cities are mankind's most enduring and stable mode of social organization, outlasting all empires and nations over which they have presided.”
― Parag Khanna, Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization

“The five largest criminal syndicates—Japan’s Yakuza, the Russian Bratva, Italy’s Camorra and ’Ndrangheta, and Mexico’s Sinaloa—have globalized the reach of their operations and rake in an estimated $1 trillion per year as they bridge the supply and demand for rhino horns, counterfeit currency, synthetic drugs, and prostitutes.”
― Parag Khanna, Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization

“Global order is no longer something that can be dictated or controlled from the top down. Globalization is itself the order.”
― Parag Khanna, Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization

“We are moving into an era where cities will matter more than states and supply chains will be a more important source of power than militaries—whose main purpose will be to protect supply chains rather than borders. Competitive connectivity is the arms race of the twenty-first century.”
― Parag Khanna, Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization