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24 alternatives to The Utopia Experiment

An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

The Utopia Experiment is a book documenting an attempt to live as if global society had collapsed. The author explores what life might look like without modern infrastructure and conveniences, testing practical skills… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Utopia Experiment launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Utopia Experiment by Dylan Evans▲73
Guy tries to create utopia, fails miserably.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations▲63
Critical thoughts on the internet and its effects on society
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Collapse▲68
How societies choose to fail and succeed
2015 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →
4
Anarchy, State, and Utopia▲63
A foundational text in libertarian thought
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work▲64
A bold new manifesto for life after capitalism.
2016 · versobooks.com · its alternatives →
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Collapse▲75
The end of society simulator
2016 · ubisoft.com · its alternatives →
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Journal of Results from Experiment.com▲57
A new type of science journal. Funded by you!
2015 · experiment.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 →
9
Inventology▲72
How we dream up things that change the world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth▲60
How will humanity survive?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Mating▲62
A utopian society in the Kalahari with only one man
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Diamond Age▲81
Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and nano-technology
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
13
The Zero-Sum Society▲61
Distribution and the possibilities for economic change
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Life 3.0▲92
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Collapse▲74
End of society simulator
2017 · ubisoft.com · its alternatives →
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A genetic simulator for artificial life▲36
2016 · leverlabs.io · its alternatives →
17
What If?▲107
Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
2015 · whatif.xkcd.com · its alternatives →
18
Seven Experiments That Could Change the World▲55
Some scientific theories are perceived as common sense
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Quartz: The Objects that Power the Global Economy▲99
A book of art, journalism, and radical economic change.
2017 · its alternatives →
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The Surrender Experiment ▲61
Surrendering to life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56
Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions▲78
If you're curious then you'll like this easy read.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Cosmopolis▲66
The hidden agenda of modernity
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Physics of the Future▲73
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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