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24 alternatives to Cosmopolis

The hidden agenda of modernity

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cosmopolis launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Misfit Economy▲81

   Innovation on the fringe...

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Utopia Experiment▲103

   An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Quest▲62

   Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Technopoly▲61

   The surrender of culture to technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Fake Science 101▲60

   A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World▲63

   How to effectively champion a new idea.

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Freakonomics▲97

   A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Folded Clock▲70

   Diary of a modern writer

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World▲53

    Take the one less traveled by.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming▲69

    How can design inspire us to think about our future?

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Imaginary Cities▲70

    Mapping cities of sound, melancholia and the afterlife

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56

    Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World▲56

    Investigation of key ideas that have shaped our urban spaces

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The True Believer▲60

    Thoughts on the nature of mass movements

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work▲64

    A bold new manifesto for life after capitalism.

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Technotopia▲96

    A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Cheap▲95

    The high cost of discount culture

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Essentialism▲80

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars▲65

    An urban transformation is underway

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Unscientific America▲54

    How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →