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24 alternatives to Critical Path

how humanity found itself in its current situation

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

1. 1
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Collapse▲68

   How societies choose to fail and succeed

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Way the World Works▲61

   What troubles us, what brings us joy?

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Physics of the Future▲73

   How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Netocracy▲56

   The new power elite and life after capitalism

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Resilience ▲55

   Why things bounce back

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Quest▲62

   Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Sovereign Individual▲77

    Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Lost Art of Finding Our Way▲78

    Brings our own world into sharper view

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Inevitable▲66

    The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ▲61

    An optimistic road map for the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Utopia Experiment▲103

    An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Infinite Resource▲72

    How we can innovate our way to solving climate change

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Real World of Technology ▲62

    The complex relationship between technology and society

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Deep Simplicity▲62

    Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Road to Character▲73

    The deeper values that should inform our lives

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Making Ideas Happen▲75

    Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future▲54

    What's the future?

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Prosper!▲55

    How to create a world worth inheriting

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Moral Landscape▲64

    How science can determine human values.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The End of Absence▲82

    Reclaiming what we've lost in a world of constant connection

    2015 · its alternatives →

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