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24 alternatives to Unscientific America

How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

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

1. 1
   Ungifted▲63

   Intelligence redefined

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Nonsense▲59

   The power of not knowing

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Smarter Than You Think▲128

   How tech boosts our cognitive abilities

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Alone Together▲71

   Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Inevitable▲66

   The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    We Need Diverse Books▲87

    Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Intelligence Paradox▲70

    Why the intelligent choice isn't always the smart one

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    World Without Mind▲7

    The Existential Threat of Big Tech

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Distracted Mind▲72

    Ancient brains in a high-tech world

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Mindset▲75

    The New Psychology of Success

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Sovereign Individual▲77

    Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Iconoclast▲60

    A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Tools for Thought▲69

    The history and future of mind-expanding technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Lying▲64

    An analysis to the human capacity to lie

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Too Big To Know▲70

    Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Competing for the Future▲54

    The art of planning for the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

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