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24 alternatives to In The Plex

How Google thinks, works, and shapes our lives

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

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   In The Plex▲72

   How Google thinks, works & shapes our lives

   2015 · stevenlevy.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Google Guys▲64

   Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   How Google Works▲66

   The rules for success in the Internet Century.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Understanding Media▲70

   The Extensions of Man

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Search Inside Yourself▲68

   A Google engineer's guide to mindfulness and meditation

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Think with Google▲142

   Put Google research and insight behind your thinking.

   2014 · business.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   How Google Works▲26

   Management maxims illustrated through personal anecdotes

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Librify▲76

   Reading with friends

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Public Parts▲83

   How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work

   2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Work Rules! ▲82

    Talent management and attraction ideas from inside Google

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

11. 11
    How We Listen Now▲63

    Essays and conversations about music and technology

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Decoded▲62

    The science behind why we buy

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Idea Makers▲58

    Insights into some of our greatest thinkers + makers

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Envisioning Information▲87

    A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Meaningful▲69

    The story of ideas that fly

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Shallows▲65

    What the internet is doing to our brains

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Idea Makers▲53

    Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Notable People

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    How the Mind Works▲71

    Tackles the workings of the human mind

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Mind Club▲67

    Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    What would google do?▲64

    A guide to the business logic of the network era.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    SPAN Reader▲68

    The book from Google's SPAN design conference

    2015 · design.google · its alternatives →

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