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24 alternatives to Everything Bad is Good for You

How today's popular culture is actually making us smarter

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

1. 1
   Good Is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn▲62

   Inspiration for a new way of marketing

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Everything Is Obvious*▲73

   How common sense fails us

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Blindspot▲86

   Hidden biases of good people

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Smarter Than You Think▲128

   How tech boosts our cognitive abilities

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Nonsense▲59

   The power of not knowing

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Brand Sense▲63

   Sensory Secrets Behind the Stuff We Buy

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Something Good▲151

   A realtime reading list powered by your Twitter stream

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Cheap▲95

   The high cost of discount culture

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Smarter Faster Better▲83

   The secrets of being productive in life and business

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Song Machine▲105

    There's a reason hit songs offer guilty pleasure

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    As We Speak▲64

    How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Dangerous Ideas▲55

    When provocative thinking is your most valuable asset

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Why We Get Fat▲71

    And what to do about it

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    How to Read a Book▲92

    The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Thug Kitchen▲73

    Eat like you give a f*ck

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Prosper!▲55

    How to create a world worth inheriting

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Doing Good Better▲127

    How effective altruism can help you make a difference

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter▲96

    How today's smartest businesses grow themselves

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Frugal Innovation (AMA Today at 3PM)▲147

    How to do more with less

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hit Makers▲96

    The science of popularity in an age of distraction

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Culture Code▲66

    Why people around the world live and buy as they do

    2017 · 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 →