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🌐 Global Problems

Big-picture thinking about the challenges that transcend national borders—climate change, inequality, nuclear risk—and the cooperative frameworks needed to address them.
Falter
by Bill McKibben • 2019
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
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2k+
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception
Falter Summary
Falter 90%
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
by Bill McKibben 2019
4.00
2k+ ratings
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception
Nomad Century
by Gaia Vince • 2022
The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.
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1k+
🌍 Climate Migration🏠 Managed Retreat🚧 Border Politics
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century 90%
The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.
by Gaia Vince 2022
3.84
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Migration🏠 Managed Retreat🚧 Border Politics
The Age of Sustainable Development
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2015
Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.
4.21
856
🌱 Sustainable Development📊 Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty
The Age of Sustainable Development Summary
The Age of Sustainable Development 90%
Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015
4.21
856 ratings
🌱 Sustainable Development📊 Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty
The Uninhabitable Earth
by David Wallace-Wells • 2019
Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.
3.99
30k+
🧪 Climate Science⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios🏃 Climate Migration
The Uninhabitable Earth Summary
The Uninhabitable Earth 90%
Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.
by David Wallace-Wells 2019
3.99
30k+ ratings
🧪 Climate Science⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios🏃 Climate Migration
Brazil Is the New America
by James Dale Davidson • 2012
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
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📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil
Brazil Is the New America Summary
Brazil Is the New America 90%
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
by James Dale Davidson 2012
3.17
36 ratings
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil
2052
by Jørgen Randers • 2012
A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.
3.95
355
🧠 Systems Thinking📉 Limits To Growth🔮 Scenario Planning
2052 Summary
2052 90%
A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.
by Jørgen Randers 2012
3.95
355 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking📉 Limits To Growth🔮 Scenario Planning
The Heat Will Kill You First
by Jeff Goodell • 2023
Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.
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🏭 Climate Crisis🌀 Extreme Weather🏙️ Urban Heat Islands
The Heat Will Kill You First Summary
The Heat Will Kill You First 90%
Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.
by Jeff Goodell 2023
4.29
8k+ ratings
🏭 Climate Crisis🌀 Extreme Weather🏙️ Urban Heat Islands
The Ages of Globalization
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2020
What if globalization began with the first human migration? Its latest chapter could be its last.
3.89
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🌍 World History🌐 Globalization🧬 Human Origins
The Ages of Globalization Summary
The Ages of Globalization 90%
What if globalization began with the first human migration? Its latest chapter could be its last.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2020
3.89
404 ratings
🌍 World History🌐 Globalization🧬 Human Origins
Our Angry Earth
by Isaac Asimov • 1991
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
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🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth 90%
Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.
by Isaac Asimov 1991
3.71
126 ratings
🌍 Environmental Crises🌡️ Climate Science🏭 Pollution
False Alarm
by Bjørn Lomborg • 2020
Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.
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🏛️ Climate Policy📊 Environmental Economics⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm 90%
Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020
4.16
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Policy📊 Environmental Economics⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria • 2020
COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.
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🏛️ Public Policy🌐 International Relations🚨 Crisis Management
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World 90%
COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.
by Fareed Zakaria 2020
3.96
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Public Policy🌐 International Relations🚨 Crisis Management
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development
by Edward Saja Sanneh • 2018
Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.
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🧠 Systems Thinking🌍 Sustainable Development📋 Environmental Policy
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Summary
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development 90%
Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.
by Edward Saja Sanneh 2018
4.00
2 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🌍 Sustainable Development📋 Environmental Policy
Apocalypse Never
by Michael Shellenberger • 2020
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
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🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 89%
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
by Michael Shellenberger 2020
4.16
6k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy
Climate Change
by Joseph Romm • 2015
Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.
4.22
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🧪 Climate Science📋 Climate Policy⚡ Energy Transition
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change 89%
Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.
by Joseph Romm 2015
4.22
694 ratings
🧪 Climate Science📋 Climate Policy⚡ Energy Transition
Thank You for Being Late
by Thomas L. Friedman • 2016
Technology, markets, and the climate are all speeding up simultaneously; adaptation is not optional.
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12k+
🏛️ Global Affairs💼 Future Of Work🌍 Climate Policy
Thank You for Being Late Summary
Thank You for Being Late 89%
Technology, markets, and the climate are all speeding up simultaneously; adaptation is not optional.
by Thomas L. Friedman 2016
3.88
12k+ ratings
🏛️ Global Affairs💼 Future Of Work🌍 Climate Policy
The Great Derangement
by Amitav Ghosh • 2016
Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.
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🏛️ Climate Politics📚 Environmental Humanities🌏 Postcolonial Critique
The Great Derangement Summary
The Great Derangement 89%
Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.
by Amitav Ghosh 2016
4.04
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Politics📚 Environmental Humanities🌏 Postcolonial Critique
The Story of Stuff
by Annie Leonard • 2010
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
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📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff 89%
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
by Annie Leonard 2010
4.08
4k+ ratings
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
by Greta Thunberg • 2019
Eight years of carbon budget left. The speeches that turned one school strike into a global alarm.
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🌍 Climate Science✊ Climate Activism🧒 Youth Activism
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Summary
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference 89%
Eight years of carbon budget left. The speeches that turned one school strike into a global alarm.
by Greta Thunberg 2019
3.85
28k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Science✊ Climate Activism🧒 Youth Activism
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
by Hannah Testa • 2020
Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.
3.90
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🛢️ Plastic Pollution⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Waste Reduction
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis 89%
Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.
by Hannah Testa 2020
3.90
629 ratings
🛢️ Plastic Pollution⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Waste Reduction
International Organizations
by Margaret P. Karns • 2004
How global cooperation actually works: the UN, regional bodies, and the NGOs bridging state limits.
3.53
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🏛️ Global Governance🏢 International Organizations🤝 Multilateralism
International Organizations Summary
International Organizations 89%
How global cooperation actually works: the UN, regional bodies, and the NGOs bridging state limits.
by Margaret P. Karns 2004
3.53
162 ratings
🏛️ Global Governance🏢 International Organizations🤝 Multilateralism
The Rare Metals War
by Guillame Pitron • 2018
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
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⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War 89%
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
by Guillame Pitron 2018
4.04
1k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains
One World
by Peter Singer • 2002
Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.
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1k+
🌍 Global Ethics🏛️ Cosmopolitanism💡 Effective Altruism
One World Summary
One World 89%
Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.
by Peter Singer 2002
3.72
1k+ ratings
🌍 Global Ethics🏛️ Cosmopolitanism💡 Effective Altruism
The Big Thirst
by Charles Fishman • 2010
For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.
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🏜️ Water Scarcity🏗️ Water Infrastructure🏛️ Water Politics
The Big Thirst Summary
The Big Thirst 89%
For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.
by Charles Fishman 2010
3.94
2k+ ratings
🏜️ Water Scarcity🏗️ Water Infrastructure🏛️ Water Politics
Unsettled
by Steven E. Koonin • 2021
The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.
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🤔 Climate Skepticism💻 Climate Models❓ Uncertainty In Science
Unsettled Summary
Unsettled 89%
The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.
by Steven E. Koonin 2021
4.24
4k+ ratings
🤔 Climate Skepticism💻 Climate Models❓ Uncertainty In Science
COVID-19
by Klaus Schwab • 2020
The pandemic didn't just upend the world; it created a fleeting chance to rebuild it from scratch.
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🦠 Pandemic Response💹 Post-Crisis Economics🌱 Green Recovery
COVID-19 Summary
COVID-19 89%
The pandemic didn't just upend the world; it created a fleeting chance to rebuild it from scratch.
by Klaus Schwab 2020
2.69
2k+ ratings
🦠 Pandemic Response💹 Post-Crisis Economics🌱 Green Recovery
Now or Never
by Tim Flannery • 2009
Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.
3.49
193
🌍 Planetary Boundaries🌎 Gaia Theory🏭 Anthropocene
Now or Never Summary
Now or Never 89%
Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.
by Tim Flannery 2009
3.49
193 ratings
🌍 Planetary Boundaries🌎 Gaia Theory🏭 Anthropocene
Blessed Unrest
by Paul Hawken • 2007
A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.
3.94
2k+
🌍 Environmental Activism⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Grassroots Movements
Blessed Unrest Summary
Blessed Unrest 89%
A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.
by Paul Hawken 2007
3.94
2k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Activism⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Grassroots Movements
Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
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🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky 89%
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021
4.10
13k+ ratings
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
Earth Democracy
by Vandana Shiva • 2005
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
3.97
749
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 89%
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
by Vandana Shiva 2005
3.97
749 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
The Great Displacement
by Jake Bittle • 2023
Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.
4.28
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🌍 Climate Migration⚖️ Environmental Justice🇺🇸 American Migration
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement 89%
Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.
by Jake Bittle 2023
4.28
4k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Migration⚖️ Environmental Justice🇺🇸 American Migration
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
by John Kay • 2009
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
3.95
615
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in 89%
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009
3.95
615 ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing
Into the Clear Blue Sky
by Rob Jackson • 2024
We could clean the atmosphere within a generation. The fastest lever most people overlook: methane.
4.02
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🛠️ Climate Solutions🧹 Carbon Removal⚖️ Climate Justice
Into the Clear Blue Sky Summary
Into the Clear Blue Sky 89%
We could clean the atmosphere within a generation. The fastest lever most people overlook: methane.
by Rob Jackson 2024
4.02
131 ratings
🛠️ Climate Solutions🧹 Carbon Removal⚖️ Climate Justice
The Climate Book
by Greta Thunberg • 2022
Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.
4.41
3k+
⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition✊ Climate Activism
The Climate Book Summary
The Climate Book 89%
Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.
by Greta Thunberg 2022
4.41
3k+ ratings
⚖️ Climate Justice⚡ Energy Transition✊ Climate Activism
The Future We Choose
by Christiana Figueres • 2020
Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.
4.05
7k+
🌍 Climate Crisis⚡ Climate Action😢 Climate Grief
The Future We Choose Summary
The Future We Choose 89%
Halve emissions by 2030 or lose a livable planet: the Paris Agreement architect's ten moves.
by Christiana Figueres 2020
4.05
7k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Crisis⚡ Climate Action😢 Climate Grief
After Lockdown
by Bruno Latour • 2021
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
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🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism
After Lockdown Summary
After Lockdown 89%
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
by Bruno Latour 2021
3.50
311 ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism
Junkyard Planet
by Adam Minter • 2013
What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.
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♻️ Waste Management🚢 Global Waste Trade🔄 Circular Economy
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet 89%
What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.
by Adam Minter 2013
3.91
2k+ ratings
♻️ Waste Management🚢 Global Waste Trade🔄 Circular Economy
This Changes Everything
by Naomi Klein • 2014
Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.
4.16
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🏛️ Climate Politics🌹 Eco-Socialism⚖️ Climate Justice
This Changes Everything Summary
This Changes Everything 89%
Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.
by Naomi Klein 2014
4.16
28k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Politics🌹 Eco-Socialism⚖️ Climate Justice
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política
by Bruno Latour • 2017
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
3.74
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🌍 Political Ecology🌡️ Climate Politics🧠 Continental Philosophy
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política Summary
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política 89%
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
by Bruno Latour 2017
3.74
2k+ ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🌡️ Climate Politics🧠 Continental Philosophy
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
by Bill Gates • 2022
Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.
3.76
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🌍 Global Health🦠 Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Public Health Policy
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 89%
Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.
by Bill Gates 2022
3.76
2k+ ratings
🌍 Global Health🦠 Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Public Health Policy
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
by Andrew Leigh • 2021
A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.
3.81
53
💥 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🏛️ Democratic Erosion
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Summary
What's the Worst That Could Happen? 89%
A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.
by Andrew Leigh 2021
3.81
53 ratings
💥 Existential Risk⏳ Longtermism🏛️ Democratic Erosion
The Ends of the Earth
by Robert D. Kaplan • 1996
Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.
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🗺️ Political Travelogue🌍 Geopolitical Analysis🌱 Environmental Determinism
The Ends of the Earth Summary
The Ends of the Earth 89%
Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.
by Robert D. Kaplan 1996
4.11
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Political Travelogue🌍 Geopolitical Analysis🌱 Environmental Determinism
Connectography
by Parag Khanna • 2016
Connectivity rewrites global power: pipelines, cables, and supply chains are the borders that count.
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1k+
🧵 Supply Chain Geopolitics🏙️ Megacities🗺️ Functional Geography
Connectography Summary
Connectography 89%
Connectivity rewrites global power: pipelines, cables, and supply chains are the borders that count.
by Parag Khanna 2016
3.82
1k+ ratings
🧵 Supply Chain Geopolitics🏙️ Megacities🗺️ Functional Geography
More from Less
by Andrew McAfee • 2019
Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.
3.90
1k+
🧮 Environmental Economics🤖 Techno-Optimism🌿 Green Growth
More from Less Summary
More from Less 89%
Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.
by Andrew McAfee 2019
3.90
1k+ ratings
🧮 Environmental Economics🤖 Techno-Optimism🌿 Green Growth
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty • 2021
All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.
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🏞️ Anthropocene Theory⏳ Deep Time⚖️ Climate Justice
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age 89%
All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021
3.68
142 ratings
🏞️ Anthropocene Theory⏳ Deep Time⚖️ Climate Justice
A Planet to Win
by Kate Aronoff • 2019
What if fighting climate change meant universal housing, public power, and a four-day week?
4.07
686
📗 Green New Deal🌍 Climate Justice🌱 Ecosocialism
A Planet to Win Summary
A Planet to Win 89%
What if fighting climate change meant universal housing, public power, and a four-day week?
by Kate Aronoff 2019
4.07
686 ratings
📗 Green New Deal🌍 Climate Justice🌱 Ecosocialism
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein • 2014
Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.
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⚡ Energy Policy🌡️ Climate Debate🔧 Techno-Optimism
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Summary
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 89%
Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.
by Alex Epstein 2014
4.07
2k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Policy🌡️ Climate Debate🔧 Techno-Optimism
The Orbital Perspective
by Ron Garan • 2015
An astronaut's 71-million-mile view shows Earth borderless, and a plan for fixing global problems.
3.80
205
🪐 Overview Effect🔗 Systems Thinking🌐 Global Cooperation
The Orbital Perspective Summary
The Orbital Perspective 89%
An astronaut's 71-million-mile view shows Earth borderless, and a plan for fixing global problems.
by Ron Garan 2015
3.80
205 ratings
🪐 Overview Effect🔗 Systems Thinking🌐 Global Cooperation
The Ice at the End of the World
by Jon Gertner • 2019
Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.
4.17
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🧊 Polar Exploration🌍 Climate Science🏔️ Glaciology
The Ice at the End of the World Summary
The Ice at the End of the World 89%
Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.
by Jon Gertner 2019
4.17
1k+ ratings
🧊 Polar Exploration🌍 Climate Science🏔️ Glaciology
Not the End of the World
by Hannah Ritchie • 2024
The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.
4.22
7k+
🌍 Environmental Optimism💡 Climate Solutions🎯 Effective Environmentalism
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World 89%
The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.
by Hannah Ritchie 2024
4.22
7k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Optimism💡 Climate Solutions🎯 Effective Environmentalism
Controligarchs
by Seamus Bruner • 2023
A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.
4.10
271
🌐 Global Elites💰 Billionaire Class🚫 Anti-Globalism
Controligarchs Summary
Controligarchs 89%
A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.
by Seamus Bruner 2023
4.10
271 ratings
🌐 Global Elites💰 Billionaire Class🚫 Anti-Globalism
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