General Theory of Disruptivity

Why are important shifts so often underestimated?

I am writing a book about how the new replaces the old, why change accelerates when innovations converge, and how a longer view can help us understand the forces building today.

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The central idea

Disruptivity is the level of constant change in the world.

Technology rarely changes one thing at a time. New capabilities alter costs, behaviours, incentives and entire systems. The book brings those connections into one theory grounded in industrial history and aimed at the choices ahead.

Questions inside the book

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Why disruption compounds across industries

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How incentives shape which systems survive

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What industrial history reveals about change

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Why convergence matters more than any single technology

Why I am writing it

After fourteen years in equity research and portfolio management, I wanted a framework that could connect the patterns of the past with the technologies and business models emerging now.

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