Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Soft Control: Leaks from an Information Broker

A new book on surviving the knowledge economy

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Soft Control: Leaks from an Information Broker launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy ▲63
Core read on the nature of information goods
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Misfit Economy▲68
Lessons in creativity from pirates & hackers
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
The Sovereign Individual▲77
Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Thinking for a Living▲62
How knowledge workers reach peak performance and productivit
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
The Age of Optimists▲60
Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame
2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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The Master Switch▲71
: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Note to Self - The Case for Infomagical▲62
A campaign to end information overload
2016 · waaa.wnyc.org · its alternatives →
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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56
How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Platform Revolution ▲79
How networked markets are transforming the economy
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Exponential Organizations▲68
Book on new organizational model for exponential age
2014 · openexo.com · its alternatives →
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Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲64
Reinterpreting something overlooked from the past
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Exponent - 61: OpenAI and Strategy Credits▲66
OpenAI's new mission and what it says about capitalism
2015 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
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Algorithms to Live By▲70
The computer science of human decisions
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Disrupting Digital Business▲111
Create an authentic experience in the peer-to-peer economy
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Smarter Faster Better▲83
The secrets of being productive in life and business
2016 · hudsonbooksellers.com · its alternatives →
16
Who Owns the Future?▲66
The concentration of money and power in our digital networks
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67
Information technology will transform capitalism
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Freakonomics▲97
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Social Engineering▲62
The Art of Human Hacking
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56
Politics and Economics of the Future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
The Second Machine Age▲66
Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism▲67
A 360 degree look on the topic of Future of Work.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Digital Strategy▲65
A Guide to Digital Business Transformation
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Strategize▲68
Product strategy and roadmap practices for the digital age
2016 · romanpichler.com · its alternatives →

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