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24 alternatives to Freakonomics: The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think

Kevin Kelly tries to predict the inevitable future.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Freakonomics: The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Going Deep #118 - Kevin Kelly▲70
Kevin Kelly talks artificial intelligence, economic systems
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Freakonomics▲97
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Think Like a Freak▲81
The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
On Books Podcast - Book Summary of The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly▲57
Highlights from Kevin Kelly's latest book in 20 minutes
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
5
Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts▲60
Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
6
James Altucher Show - Kevin Kelly▲63
One rule for predicting what you never saw coming
2016 · archive.jamesaltucher.com · its alternatives →
7
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know▲56
A new trivia-like series from the Freakonomics folks
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
8
Well Made - Embracing the Inevitable with Kevin Kelly▲69
The 12 forces that will shape our future.
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Inevitable▲87
The 12 tech forces that will shape our future by Kevin Kelly
2017 · penguinrandomhouse.com · its alternatives →
10
Planet Money▲153
A podcast covering the global economy
2014 · its alternatives →
11
When To Rob a Bank▲165
New book from the authors of Freakonomics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Freakonomics - Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?▲65
An episode about "Early Education"
2015 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
13
Predictably Irrational▲96
The hidden forces that shape our decisions
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up To Us▲142
From the WTF? economy to the Next Economy
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Freakonomics Radio - Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-buck▲58
A team of economists running the numbers on the UN's goals
2015 · feedproxy.google.com · its alternatives →
16
Freakonomics - How to Fix a Broken High-Schooler, in Four Easy Steps▲66
The demand side of the education equation.
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
17
The Knowledge Project - Philip Tetlock on The Art and Science of Prediction▲54
How to make better predictions and guess the future
2016 · fs.blog · its alternatives →
18
Hidden Brain - Misbehaving▲54
Why most economists might as well be studying unicorns
2016 · its alternatives →
19
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74
The blueprint of an abundant future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Freakonomics: Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream▲60
$7 bil: the consumer surplus Uber created.
2016 · its alternatives →
21
The Signal and the Noise▲73
Why so many predictions fail - but some don't
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine▲77
Betting against the herd is scary and at times lucrative
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Percypt▲75
Transform collective intelligence into accurate forecasts
2017 · its alternatives →
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The Economist: The Future of Computing▲76
On artificial intelligence, Go and Moore's Law
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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