The Pyramid

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - THE MACHINE WAS BUILT
2. Chapter Two - THE PIPE OWNERS
3. Chapter Three - THE OIL LORDS
4. Chapter Four - THE FOOD MACHINE
5. Chapter Five - THE WAR ENGINE
6. Chapter Six - THE DRUG LORDS
7. Chapter Seven - THE CREDIT GODS
8. Chapter Eight - THE RAILS OF GOLD
9. Chapter Nine - THE BLACK HOLE
10. Chapter Ten - THE SEARCH ENGINE
11. Chapter Eleven - THE GARDEN WALL
12. Chapter Twelve - THE INFINITE SCROLL
13. Chapter Thirteen - THE CODE BASE
14. Chapter Fourteen - THE EVERYTHING STORE
15. Chapter Fifteen - THE GAMING THRONE
16. Chapter Sixteen - THE MOUSE EMPIRE
17. Chapter Seventeen - THE PEACOCK AND THE SNAKE
18. Chapter Eighteen - THE WAR ON TRUTH

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE THE MACHINE WAS BUILT THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN by accident. That’s the first thing to understand. The world didn’t randomly turn into a system of monopolies. It was designed that way. Piece by piece, decade by decade, deal by deal. Not by one person. Not by one company. But by a pattern. And that pattern kept repeating. It always starts the same way. Something new shows up, a technology, a discovery, or a resource. At first, no one knows what to do with it. Then a few people figure out how to turn it into power. Then someone figures out how to control the supply. And then the gate gets locked. That's the story. Over and over again. The names change. The sectors change. The packaging...