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24 alternatives to The Age of Optimists

Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

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

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Technopoly▲61
The surrender of culture to technology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Sovereign Individual▲77
Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
The Second Machine Age▲66
Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Digital Diplomacy▲78
Conversations on Innovation in Foreign Policy
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67
Information technology will transform capitalism
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Exponential Organizations▲68
Book on new organizational model for exponential age
2014 · openexo.com · its alternatives →
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The Accidental Superpower▲67
A contrarian assessment of American power
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 →
9
Modern Monopolies▲77
How to dominate the 21st century economy with tech platforms
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Who Owns the Future?▲66
The concentration of money and power in our digital networks
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Age Of Context▲57
The increasing importance of context in tech and our lives
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
The Rational Optimist▲77
How prosperity evolves
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Exponential Organisations▲55
Great book about tech companies and how they outperform
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Real World of Technology ▲62
The complex relationship between technology and society
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Competing for the Future▲54
The art of planning for the future
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Master Switch▲71
: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future▲54
What's the future?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital▲70
The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Race Against The Machine▲66
How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Understanding Media▲70
The Extensions of Man
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
We Need Diverse Books▲87
Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives
2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ▲61
An optimistic road map for the future
2016 · amazon.com · 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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Public Parts▲83
How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work
2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

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