Argues that as the world becomes more complex, people as 'networked individuals' become central to the course of events.

Chapter One Teachers and Scholars; Chapter Two Roles in a Fragmegrative World; Chapter Three The Skill Revolution; Chapter Four Demographic Trends; Part I People on the Move; Chapter Five Citizens; Chapter Six Immigrants and Diaspora; Chapter Seven Hybrids and Cosmopolitans; Chapter Eight Travelers; Chapter Nine Activists; Chapter Ten Terrorists; Part II People at Work; Chapter Eleven Soldiers; Chapter Twelve Workers; Chapter Thirteen Business Executives; Chapter Fourteen Public Officials; Chapter Fifteen Consumers; Part III People in Society and Culture; Chapter Sixteen Networkers; Chapter Seventeen Journalists and Bloggers; Chapter Eighteen Worshippers; Chapter Nineteen Students; Chapter Twenty Artists; Part IV People in Unorganized Groupings; Chapter Twenty-One Marginals; Chapter Twenty-Two Generations; Chapter Twenty-Three Classes; Chapter Twenty-Four Recounted People;