50 Books like Design for a Better World

Cradle to Cradle

by Michael Braungart • 2002

Waste is a design flaw. The blueprint for a world where everything feeds the next cycle.

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♻️ Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌱 Regenerative Design 🧬 Biomimicry

Cradle to Cradle 97%

Waste is a design flaw. The blueprint for a world where everything feeds the next cycle.

by Michael Braungart 2002

4.09

13k+ ratings

♻️ Circular Economy 🌿 Sustainable Design 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌱 Regenerative Design 🧬 Biomimicry

Design for the Real World

by Victor Papanek • 1972

Design fills the world with disposables. A manifesto for building what people actually need.

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🏭 Industrial Design ⚖️ Design Ethics 🌱 Sustainable Design ♻️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Appropriate Technology

Design for the Real World 96%

Design fills the world with disposables. A manifesto for building what people actually need.

by Victor Papanek 1972

4.24

2k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Design ⚖️ Design Ethics 🌱 Sustainable Design ♻️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Appropriate Technology

Doughnut Economics

by Kate Raworth • 2017

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

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🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Doughnut Economics 96%

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

by Kate Raworth 2017

4.16

16k+ ratings

🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

The Upcycle

by William McDonough • 2013

Less harm is still harm. The blueprint for designing products, buildings, and systems that heal.

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🔄 Circular Economy 🦋 Biomimicry 🌱 Regenerative Design 💼 Sustainable Business 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Upcycle 96%

Less harm is still harm. The blueprint for designing products, buildings, and systems that heal.

by William McDonough 2013

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1k+ ratings

🔄 Circular Economy 🦋 Biomimicry 🌱 Regenerative Design 💼 Sustainable Business 🔗 Systems Thinking

Plan B 3.0

by Lester R. Brown • 2008

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

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🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Plan B 3.0 95%

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

by Lester R. Brown 2008

3.93

531 ratings

🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

What's Mine Is Yours

by Rachel Botsman • 2010

Ownership is burden; access is power. How peer networks and digital trust are remaking the economy.

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🔄 Sharing Economy 🌐 Peer-To-Peer Platforms ♻️ Sustainable Consumption ⭐ Reputation Economy 🎨 Design Thinking

What's Mine Is Yours 95%

Ownership is burden; access is power. How peer networks and digital trust are remaking the economy.

by Rachel Botsman 2010

3.96

1k+ ratings

🔄 Sharing Economy 🌐 Peer-To-Peer Platforms ♻️ Sustainable Consumption ⭐ Reputation Economy 🎨 Design Thinking

Designing Regenerative Cultures

by Daniel Christian Wahl • 2016

Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.

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🔄 Regenerative Design 🌍 Ecological Economics 🧠 Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🌳 Deep Ecology

Designing Regenerative Cultures 95%

Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.

by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016

4.24

223 ratings

🔄 Regenerative Design 🌍 Ecological Economics 🧠 Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🌳 Deep Ecology

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development

by Edward Saja Sanneh • 2018

Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.

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🧠 Systems Thinking 🌍 Sustainable Development 📋 Environmental Policy ⚡ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Security

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Summary

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development 95%

Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.

by Edward Saja Sanneh 2018

4.00

2 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 🌍 Sustainable Development 📋 Environmental Policy ⚡ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Security

You Belong to the Universe

by Jonathan Keats • 2016

Buckminster Fuller never built a world-saving machine. He invented a way of thinking that could.

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🕸️ Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🚀 Futurism 🏙️ Utopian Design 💡 Design Philosophy

You Belong to the Universe 95%

Buckminster Fuller never built a world-saving machine. He invented a way of thinking that could.

by Jonathan Keats 2016

3.65

393 ratings

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🚀 Futurism 🏙️ Utopian Design 💡 Design Philosophy

How Infrastructure Works

by Deb Chachra • 2023

The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.

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937

🏗️ Infrastructure Design 🧩 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Network Effects ⚡ Energy Transition ⚖️ Environmental Justice

How Infrastructure Works 95%

The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.

by Deb Chachra 2023

3.64

937 ratings

🏗️ Infrastructure Design 🧩 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Network Effects ⚡ Energy Transition ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Necessary Revolution

by Peter M. Senge • 2008

The Industrial bubble is bursting. The organizations that last think in systems, not silos.

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521

🌍 Regenerative Business 🔄 Circular Economy 🧩 Systems Thinking 🤝 Cross-Sector Collaboration 🌱 Biomimicry

Necessary Revolution 94%

The Industrial bubble is bursting. The organizations that last think in systems, not silos.

by Peter M. Senge 2008

3.83

521 ratings

🌍 Regenerative Business 🔄 Circular Economy 🧩 Systems Thinking 🤝 Cross-Sector Collaboration 🌱 Biomimicry

The Age of Sustainable Development

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2015

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

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856

🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

The Age of Sustainable Development Summary

The Age of Sustainable Development 94%

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015

4.21

856 ratings

🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

The Story of Stuff

by Annie Leonard • 2010

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

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📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Story of Stuff 94%

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

by Annie Leonard 2010

4.08

4k+ ratings

📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Good Ancestor

by Roman Krznaric • 2020

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

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⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

The Good Ancestor 94%

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

by Roman Krznaric 2020

4.05

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

The Waste-Free World

by Ron Gonen • 2021

Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.

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🔄 Circular Economy ♻️ Sustainable Business 🎭 Greenwashing 🕰️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Right To Repair

The Waste-Free World 94%

Your taxes subsidize garbage. The circular economy claims the $4.5 trillion we're throwing away.

by Ron Gonen 2021

4.11

174 ratings

🔄 Circular Economy ♻️ Sustainable Business 🎭 Greenwashing 🕰️ Planned Obsolescence 🔧 Right To Repair

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

by Doug McKenzie-Mohr • 1999

Posters and pamphlets don't change behavior. Six tools that do, and how to combine them.

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🧠 Social Psychology 📢 Social Marketing 📋 Behavior Change Programs 🎨 Behavioral Design 🤝 Community Engagement

Fostering Sustainable Behavior 94%

Posters and pamphlets don't change behavior. Six tools that do, and how to combine them.

by Doug McKenzie-Mohr 1999

3.86

188 ratings

🧠 Social Psychology 📢 Social Marketing 📋 Behavior Change Programs 🎨 Behavioral Design 🤝 Community Engagement

Optimal Illusions

by Coco Krumme • 2023

Optimization promised perfection. It delivered fragile systems and hollowed communities.

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🏭 Efficiency Critique 🔗 Systems Thinking 🐌 Slow Living 🏡 Localism 🤖 Humane Technology

Optimal Illusions 94%

Optimization promised perfection. It delivered fragile systems and hollowed communities.

by Coco Krumme 2023

3.00

238 ratings

🏭 Efficiency Critique 🔗 Systems Thinking 🐌 Slow Living 🏡 Localism 🤖 Humane Technology

Good Services

by Lou Downe • 2020

Your service assumes a normal user. That user doesn't exist. The design rules that work anyway.

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🧩 Service Design 🤲 Human-Centered Design ♿ Inclusive Design 💻 Digital Transformation 🔍 User Research

Good Services 94%

Your service assumes a normal user. That user doesn't exist. The design rules that work anyway.

by Lou Downe 2020

4.29

891 ratings

🧩 Service Design 🤲 Human-Centered Design ♿ Inclusive Design 💻 Digital Transformation 🔍 User Research

Small is Beautiful

by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

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🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

Small is Beautiful 94%

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973

4.09

7k+ ratings

🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

How the World Really Works

by Vaclav Smil • 2022

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

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⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

How the World Really Works 94%

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

by Vaclav Smil 2022

3.94

14k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

User Friendly

by Cliff Kuang • 2019

Effortless design was forged by war, marketing, and psychology, and its ease hides a cost.

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📜 Design History 🖥️ User Experience 🧠 Human Factors 💡 Design Thinking 🤲 Human-Centered Design

User Friendly 94%

Effortless design was forged by war, marketing, and psychology, and its ease hides a cost.

by Cliff Kuang 2019

4.13

3k+ ratings

📜 Design History 🖥️ User Experience 🧠 Human Factors 💡 Design Thinking 🤲 Human-Centered Design

Leading from the Emerging Future

by C. Otto Scharmer • 2013

Self-interest drives our economies. The next economy runs on awareness and collective action.

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🧠 Systems Thinking 🧘 Mindful Leadership 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism ♻️ Circular Economy 🌍 Conscious Capitalism

Leading from the Emerging Future Summary

Leading from the Emerging Future 94%

Self-interest drives our economies. The next economy runs on awareness and collective action.

by C. Otto Scharmer 2013

4.28

471 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 🧘 Mindful Leadership 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism ♻️ Circular Economy 🌍 Conscious Capitalism

Discursive Design

by Bruce M. Tharp • 2019

What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.

4.36

🧠 Design Theory 🔮 Speculative Design 🔬 Design Research 🎓 Design Education ⚖️ Design Ethics

Discursive Design 94%

What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.

by Bruce M. Tharp 2019

4.36

25 ratings

🧠 Design Theory 🔮 Speculative Design 🔬 Design Research 🎓 Design Education ⚖️ Design Ethics

Green Swans

by John Elkington • 2020

Sustainability was about doing less harm. The next economy restores more than it takes.

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🌱 Regenerative Capitalism 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧩 Wicked Problems 📈 Exponential Technology 📊 Triple Bottom Line

Green Swans 94%

Sustainability was about doing less harm. The next economy restores more than it takes.

by John Elkington 2020

3.78

349 ratings

🌱 Regenerative Capitalism 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧩 Wicked Problems 📈 Exponential Technology 📊 Triple Bottom Line

The Clock Of The Long Now

by Stewart Brand • 1999

In an age of acceleration, the most subversive object is a clock that barely moves.

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🕰️ Long-Term Thinking ⏳ Deep Time ⚡ Tech Acceleration 🔍 Tech Critique 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Clock Of The Long Now 94%

In an age of acceleration, the most subversive object is a clock that barely moves.

by Stewart Brand 1999

4.10

809 ratings

🕰️ Long-Term Thinking ⏳ Deep Time ⚡ Tech Acceleration 🔍 Tech Critique 🔗 Systems Thinking

Speculative Everything

by Anthony Dunne • 2013

Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.

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🧐 Design Criticism 🔮 Futures Thinking ⚙️ Technology Studies 💭 Social Imagination 🌍 World Building

Speculative Everything 94%

Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.

by Anthony Dunne 2013

4.12

999 ratings

🧐 Design Criticism 🔮 Futures Thinking ⚙️ Technology Studies 💭 Social Imagination 🌍 World Building

The Essential Engineer

by Henry Petroski • 2010

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

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🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment 🔄 Systems Thinking ✏️ Design Thinking

The Essential Engineer 93%

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

by Henry Petroski 2010

3.37

270 ratings

🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment 🔄 Systems Thinking ✏️ Design Thinking

2052

by Jørgen Randers • 2012

A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.

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355

🧠 Systems Thinking 📉 Limits To Growth 🔮 Scenario Planning ⚡ Energy Transition 👶 Demographic Decline

2052 93%

A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.

by Jørgen Randers 2012

3.95

355 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 📉 Limits To Growth 🔮 Scenario Planning ⚡ Energy Transition 👶 Demographic Decline

The Green New Deal

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2019

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

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💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Green New Deal 93%

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

by Jeremy Rifkin 2019

3.68

812 ratings

💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

Biomimicry

by Janine M. Benyus • 1997

Spider silk beats steel, leaves outperform our solar panels: nature's blueprints finally decoded.

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🦎 Biomimetic Design 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture 🕸️ Bio-Inspired Materials ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial Ecology

Biomimicry 93%

Spider silk beats steel, leaves outperform our solar panels: nature's blueprints finally decoded.

by Janine M. Benyus 1997

4.01

3k+ ratings

🦎 Biomimetic Design 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture 🕸️ Bio-Inspired Materials ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial Ecology

The Circular Economy Handbook

by Peter Lacy • 2019

We design products to become waste. A playbook for turning that waste into $4.5 trillion.

3.55

♻️ Circular Economy 🏢 Corporate Sustainability 💡 Business Model Innovation ⚡ Resource Efficiency 🗑️ Waste Reduction

The Circular Economy Handbook 93%

We design products to become waste. A playbook for turning that waste into $4.5 trillion.

by Peter Lacy 2019

3.55

49 ratings

♻️ Circular Economy 🏢 Corporate Sustainability 💡 Business Model Innovation ⚡ Resource Efficiency 🗑️ Waste Reduction

The Day the World Stops Shopping

by J.B. MacKinnon • 2021

Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.

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🧃 Consumer Culture 📉 Environmental Economics 🛒 Overconsumption 📊 Degrowth 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity

The Day the World Stops Shopping Summary

The Day the World Stops Shopping 93%

Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.

by J.B. MacKinnon 2021

4.13

5k+ ratings

🧃 Consumer Culture 📉 Environmental Economics 🛒 Overconsumption 📊 Degrowth 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity

Less Is More

by Jason Hickel • 2020

Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.

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🍂 Degrowth Movement 🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Beyond GDP 🛑 Green Growth Critique ⚖️ Climate Justice

Less Is More 93%

Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.

by Jason Hickel 2020

4.50

9k+ ratings

🍂 Degrowth Movement 🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Beyond GDP 🛑 Green Growth Critique ⚖️ Climate Justice

The Design Thinking Playbook

by Michael Lewrick • 2018

A playbook for applying design thinking beyond products: ecosystems, digital transformation, and AI.

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482

🧠 Design Thinking 💻 Digital Transformation 👤 Human-Centered Design 🔧 Service Design 🌐 Business Ecosystems

The Design Thinking Playbook 93%

A playbook for applying design thinking beyond products: ecosystems, digital transformation, and AI.

by Michael Lewrick 2018

3.89

482 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 💻 Digital Transformation 👤 Human-Centered Design 🔧 Service Design 🌐 Business Ecosystems

The Legacy

by David Suzuki • 2010

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

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492

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

The Legacy 93%

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

by David Suzuki 2010

4.21

492 ratings

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

Green to Gold

by Daniel C. Esty • 2006

DuPont saved $2B cutting emissions. The playbook for turning green pressure into profit.

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1k+

🏢 Corporate Sustainability ⚡ Eco-Efficiency 📣 Green Marketing 🎨 Sustainable Design 🏭 Industrial Ecology

Green to Gold 93%

DuPont saved $2B cutting emissions. The playbook for turning green pressure into profit.

by Daniel C. Esty 2006

3.84

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Sustainability ⚡ Eco-Efficiency 📣 Green Marketing 🎨 Sustainable Design 🏭 Industrial Ecology

Subtract

by Leidy Klotz • 2021

We add to fix things; subtraction works better. The cognitive bias that hides the shorter path.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🔗 Systems Thinking ✏️ Design Thinking 🧩 Mental Models

Subtract 93%

We add to fix things; subtraction works better. The cognitive bias that hides the shorter path.

by Leidy Klotz 2021

3.40

2k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🔗 Systems Thinking ✏️ Design Thinking 🧩 Mental Models

The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman • 1988

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

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🖥️ User Experience 📐 Product Design 🧠 Design Psychology 🔧 Usability 💡 Design Thinking

The Design of Everyday Things 93%

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

by Donald A. Norman 1988

4.15

48k+ ratings

🖥️ User Experience 📐 Product Design 🧠 Design Psychology 🔧 Usability 💡 Design Thinking

You Are Not a Gadget

by Jaron Lanier • 2010

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

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6k+

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

You Are Not a Gadget 93%

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

by Jaron Lanier 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Drawdown

by Paul Hawken • 2017

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

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4k+

🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

Drawdown 93%

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

by Paul Hawken 2017

4.40

4k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

Thinking In Systems

by Donella H. Meadows • 2008

One hidden delay makes your thermostat swing wildly and drives business cycles too.

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23k+

🧠 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Complexity Science 🧩 Mental Models 🌱 Resilience Thinking ⚖️ Bounded Rationality

Thinking In Systems 93%

One hidden delay makes your thermostat swing wildly and drives business cycles too.

by Donella H. Meadows 2008

4.18

23k+ ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Complexity Science 🧩 Mental Models 🌱 Resilience Thinking ⚖️ Bounded Rationality

Handbook for a Positive Revolution

by Edward de Bono • 1991

A revolution without enemies: five principles that turn personal effectiveness into global change.

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115

🏛️ Social Change 🎯 Personal Effectiveness 👁️ Perception And Reality 🛠️ Constructive Action 💡 Creative Thinking

Handbook for a Positive Revolution Summary

Handbook for a Positive Revolution 93%

A revolution without enemies: five principles that turn personal effectiveness into global change.

by Edward de Bono 1991

3.23

115 ratings

🏛️ Social Change 🎯 Personal Effectiveness 👁️ Perception And Reality 🛠️ Constructive Action 💡 Creative Thinking

Emotional Design

by Donald A. Norman • 2003

Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.

3.95

6k+

🧠 Design Psychology 🎨 Aesthetics And Usability 🖱️ Interaction Design 💡 Design Thinking 🧩 Cognition And Affect

Emotional Design 93%

Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.

by Donald A. Norman 2003

3.95

6k+ ratings

🧠 Design Psychology 🎨 Aesthetics And Usability 🖱️ Interaction Design 💡 Design Thinking 🧩 Cognition And Affect

An Inconvenient Apocalypse

by Wes Jackson • 2022

Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.

3.56

198

📉 Limits To Growth 🛠️ Techno-Skepticism 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 💥 Collapsology

An Inconvenient Apocalypse 93%

Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.

by Wes Jackson 2022

3.56

198 ratings

📉 Limits To Growth 🛠️ Techno-Skepticism 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 💥 Collapsology

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life

by Robert Skidelsky • 2012

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

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🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 93%

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

by Robert Skidelsky 2012

3.56

2k+ ratings

🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

The Future We Choose

by Christiana Figueres • 2020

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

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7k+

🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

The Future We Choose 93%

Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.

by Christiana Figueres 2020

4.05

7k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Crisis ⚡ Climate Action 😢 Climate Grief ☀️ Renewable Energy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Ruined by Design

by Mike Monteiro • 2019

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

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2k+

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

Ruined by Design 93%

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

by Mike Monteiro 2019

4.11

2k+ ratings

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

The Laws of Simplicity

by John Maeda • 2006

Simplicity is subtraction with meaning: ten design laws for making complex things feel effortless.

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7k+

🧠 Design Philosophy 💻 User Experience Design ✨ Minimalist Design 🧩 Complexity Management 🗂️ Information Architecture

The Laws of Simplicity 93%

Simplicity is subtraction with meaning: ten design laws for making complex things feel effortless.

by John Maeda 2006

3.89

7k+ ratings

🧠 Design Philosophy 💻 User Experience Design ✨ Minimalist Design 🧩 Complexity Management 🗂️ Information Architecture

Uncharted

by Margaret Heffernan • 2020

Why the best leaders swap predictions for experiments, scenarios, and collective preparation.

3.64

458

📋 Scenario Planning 🧪 Experimentation Culture 🏛️ Long-Term Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Collective Intelligence

Uncharted 93%

Why the best leaders swap predictions for experiments, scenarios, and collective preparation.

by Margaret Heffernan 2020

3.64

458 ratings

📋 Scenario Planning 🧪 Experimentation Culture 🏛️ Long-Term Thinking 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Collective Intelligence

Voluntary Simplicity

by Duane Elgin • 1981

Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.

3.62

2k+

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Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.

by Duane Elgin 1981

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🌿 Voluntary Simplicity 🛑 Anti-Consumerism 🏘️ Intentional Communities 📉 Limits To Growth 🌲 Deep Ecology

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