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24 alternatives to The Accelerating World: Speed vs. Control

Book on the hypergrowth of the past 5 decades

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Accelerating World: Speed vs. Control launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Motion Design for iOS▲188

   A book about designing animations for iOS

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Whiplash▲79

   How to Survive Our Faster Future

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Business Sidekick #16 "Business and technology - how it's changing the world we're living in"▲67

   "We build faster computers to build faster computers."

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   I wrote the book Building Mobile Apps at Scale▲357

   2021 · mobileatscale.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Smarter Faster Better▲72

   Use the science of productivity to get better at life

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Growth Engines▲95

   How the most successful startups unlock extraordinary growth

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Technotopia▲96

   A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Soft Control: Leaks from an Information Broker▲61

   A new book on surviving the knowledge economy

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Platform Scale▲92

   How startups are building large empires with minimum invest…

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Algorithms to Live By▲70

    The computer science of human decisions

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Science of Growth▲84

    Why do some startups succeed where others fail?

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Engines of Creation▲54

    The coming era of nanotechnology

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Velocity▲109

    Read faster, one word at a time

    2013 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Lean Analytics▲100

    Use data to build a better startup faster

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    High Output Management▲158

    The bible for startup management

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Strategize▲68

    Product strategy and roadmap practices for the digital age

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Powering the Future▲88

    How we will fuel the civilization of tomorrow

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Rocket▲69

    Eight lessons to secure infinite growth

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    The Todoist Ninja▲79

    Work Smarter and Increase Your Productivity

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Life 3.0▲92

    Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars▲65

    An urban transformation is underway

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Early Retirement Roadmap▲63

    How to achieve financial freedom, FASTER!

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Play Bigger▲70

    Design the category. Dominate the market.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    FTL: Faster Than Light▲85

    Spaceship Simulation

    2015 · its alternatives →

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