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24 alternatives to Deep Simplicity

Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

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

1. 1
   Deep Simplicity▲6

   Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Frontiers of Complexity▲2

   The Search for Order in a Chaotic World

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Flow▲87

   The psychology of optimal experience

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Organized Mind▲65

   Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Invisible Influence▲66

   The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Sync▲57

   How order emerges from chaos in the universe, nature, & life

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Invisible Influence▲69

   The hidden forces that shape behavior

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Algorithms to Live By▲75

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Shape of Time▲62

    Remarks on the history of things

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Algorithms to Live By▲70

    The computer science of human decisions

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle ▲61

    How new traits originate

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Deep Survival▲62

    Science + storytelling to explain the mysteries of survival

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Living with Complexity▲66

    Don Norman gives a crash course in the virtues of complexity

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Life 3.0▲92

    Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Problem Solving 101▲70

    A simple book for smart people

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Innovator's Solution▲69

    Creating and sustaining successful growth

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Little Bets▲89

    How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Art of Possibility▲58

    Transforming Professional and Personal Life

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Think Simple by Ken Segall▲63

    How Smart Leaders Defeat Complexity

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Finite And Infinite Games▲69

    Practically a unified-field theory of human relationships

    2015 · 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 →