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🚢 Industrial Fishing

Examinations of the vast commercial operations that harvest the oceans at scale, exploring overfishing, ecological collapse, and the lives of those who work the fleets.
Managed Annihilation
by Dean L.Y. Bavington • 2010
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
3.29
21
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management📋 Managerialism Critique🌐 Enclosure And Commons
Managed Annihilation Summary
Managed Annihilation 91%
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
by Dean L.Y. Bavington 2010
3.29
21 ratings
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management📋 Managerialism Critique🌐 Enclosure And Commons
Cod
by Mark Kurlansky • 1997
The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.
3.92
25k+
🔍 Microhistories🍽️ Food History🐟 Overfishing🌊 Maritime History🌍 Environmental History
Cod Summary
Cod 90%
The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.
by Mark Kurlansky 1997
3.92
25k+ ratings
🔍 Microhistories🍽️ Food History🐟 Overfishing🌊 Maritime History🌍 Environmental History
Ninety Percent of Everything
by Rose George • 2013
Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.
3.79
4k+
🚢 Shipping Industry🏭 Hidden Industries⚓ Maritime Labor📝 Immersion Journalism🏴‍☠️ Piracy Studies
Ninety Percent of Everything Summary
Ninety Percent of Everything 89%
Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.
by Rose George 2013
3.79
4k+ ratings
🚢 Shipping Industry🏭 Hidden Industries⚓ Maritime Labor📝 Immersion Journalism🏴‍☠️ Piracy Studies
Moby-Duck
by Donovan Hohn • 2011
One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.
3.31
3k+
🌊 Oceanography🧴 Plastic Pollution🏭 Global Supply Chain📝 Narrative Journalism🧭 Modern Odyssey
Moby-Duck Summary
Moby-Duck 87%
One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.
by Donovan Hohn 2011
3.31
3k+ ratings
🌊 Oceanography🧴 Plastic Pollution🏭 Global Supply Chain📝 Narrative Journalism🧭 Modern Odyssey
The Underworld
by Susan Casey • 2023
More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.
4.22
5k+
🌊 Ocean Exploration🐙 Marine Biology🌋 Geology And Volcanism🦑 Deep Sea Ecosystems🌎 Climate Change
The Underworld Summary
The Underworld 87%
More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.
by Susan Casey 2023
4.22
5k+ ratings
🌊 Ocean Exploration🐙 Marine Biology🌋 Geology And Volcanism🦑 Deep Sea Ecosystems🌎 Climate Change
The Sea Around Us
by Rachel Carson • 1951
Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.
4.17
5k+
🌊 Oceanography🐟 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea🌡️ Climate Science🍃 Nature Writing
The Sea Around Us Summary
The Sea Around Us 87%
Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.
by Rachel Carson 1951
4.17
5k+ ratings
🌊 Oceanography🐟 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea🌡️ Climate Science🍃 Nature Writing
Ocean
by David Attenborough • 2025
The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.
4.42
3k+
🌊 Ocean Exploration🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🦑 Deep Sea❄️ Arctic Ecology
Ocean Summary
Ocean 87%
The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.
by David Attenborough 2025
4.42
3k+ ratings
🌊 Ocean Exploration🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🦑 Deep Sea❄️ Arctic Ecology
Marine Biology
by Philip V. Mladenov • 2013
71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.
4.21
462
🐟 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Ecosystems🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🧊 Polar Oceans
Marine Biology Summary
Marine Biology 87%
71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.
by Philip V. Mladenov 2013
4.21
462 ratings
🐟 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Ecosystems🛡️ Marine Conservation🪸 Coral Reefs🧊 Polar Oceans
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🏞️ The Commons🏢 Corporate Power
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 87%
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 Commons🏢 Corporate Power
Private Empire
by Steve Coll • 2012
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
4.00
4k+
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire 87%
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
by Steve Coll 2012
4.00
4k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
The Extreme Life of the Sea
by Stephen R. Palumbi • 2014
The ocean's strangest creatures survived every challenge for eons. Then we arrived.
4.00
444
🐠 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea Creatures🌋 Extreme Environments🌊 Ocean Exploration🐋 Marine Conservation
The Extreme Life of the Sea Summary
The Extreme Life of the Sea 87%
The ocean's strangest creatures survived every challenge for eons. Then we arrived.
by Stephen R. Palumbi 2014
4.00
444 ratings
🐠 Marine Biology🦑 Deep Sea Creatures🌋 Extreme Environments🌊 Ocean Exploration🐋 Marine Conservation
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser • 2001
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
3.75
207k+
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety👷 Labor Exploitation🏢 Corporate Power
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation 87%
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
by Eric Schlosser 2001
3.75
207k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety👷 Labor Exploitation🏢 Corporate Power
On Food and Cooking
by Harold McGee • 1984
Fish spoils fast and overcooks in seconds. The culprit is water, and the solution is science.
4.46
16k+
🐟 Fish And Seafood🔬 Scientific Cooking⚗️ Food Chemistry🌊 Marine Biology🧪 Ingredient Science
On Food and Cooking Summary
On Food and Cooking 87%
Fish spoils fast and overcooks in seconds. The culprit is water, and the solution is science.
by Harold McGee 1984
4.46
16k+ ratings
🐟 Fish And Seafood🔬 Scientific Cooking⚗️ Food Chemistry🌊 Marine Biology🧪 Ingredient Science
Rewilding the Sea
by Charles Clover • 2022
Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.
4.23
492
🐠 Marine Conservation🌊 Marine Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration🐋 Rewilding💠 Blue Carbon
Rewilding the Sea Summary
Rewilding the Sea 87%
Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.
by Charles Clover 2022
4.23
492 ratings
🐠 Marine Conservation🌊 Marine Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration🐋 Rewilding💠 Blue Carbon
The Pirates of Somalia
by Jay Bahadur • 2011
On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.
3.56
1k+
🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy🏚️ Failed States🎣 Illegal Fishing🔍 Investigative Reporting💊 Drug Economies
The Pirates of Somalia Summary
The Pirates of Somalia 87%
On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.
by Jay Bahadur 2011
3.56
1k+ ratings
🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy🏚️ Failed States🎣 Illegal Fishing🔍 Investigative Reporting💊 Drug Economies
The Story of Stuff
by Annie Leonard • 2010
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
4.08
4k+
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Circular Economy☣️ Toxic Chemicals
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff 87%
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♻️ Circular Economy☣️ Toxic Chemicals
Project Animal Farm
by Sonia Faruqi • 2015
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
4.21
405
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating🌱 Sustainable Agriculture💊 Antibiotic Resistance
Project Animal Farm Summary
Project Animal Farm 86%
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
by Sonia Faruqi 2015
4.21
405 ratings
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating🌱 Sustainable Agriculture💊 Antibiotic Resistance
Soil Not Oil
by Vandana Shiva • 2008
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
4.08
535
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty🌱 Organic Farming🌿 Seed Saving
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil 86%
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
by Vandana Shiva 2008
4.08
535 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty🌱 Organic Farming🌿 Seed Saving
Mood Machine
by Liz Pelly • 2025
Your favorite playlist runs on anonymous musicians and ad-tech logic; it was never a music company.
3.83
5k+
🎧 Music Streaming🏢 Platform Capitalism🤖 Algorithmic Culture👁️ Surveillance Capitalism💼 Music Labor
Mood Machine Summary
Mood Machine 86%
Your favorite playlist runs on anonymous musicians and ad-tech logic; it was never a music company.
by Liz Pelly 2025
3.83
5k+ ratings
🎧 Music Streaming🏢 Platform Capitalism🤖 Algorithmic Culture👁️ Surveillance Capitalism💼 Music Labor
BOOM
by Tony Horwitz • 2014
From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.
3.89
713
🛢️ Energy Politics🏭 Oil Industry📰 Narrative Journalism🗺️ Travelogue🌍 Environmental Justice
BOOM Summary
BOOM 86%
From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.
by Tony Horwitz 2014
3.89
713 ratings
🛢️ Energy Politics🏭 Oil Industry📰 Narrative Journalism🗺️ Travelogue🌍 Environmental Justice
The Box
by Marc Levinson • 2006
In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.
3.86
7k+
⚓ Maritime History🌐 Global Trade💥 Technological Disruption📦 Supply Chain Innovation🤖 Labor And Automation
The Box Summary
The Box 86%
In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.
by Marc Levinson 2006
3.86
7k+ ratings
⚓ Maritime History🌐 Global Trade💥 Technological Disruption📦 Supply Chain Innovation🤖 Labor And Automation
The Secret Life of Groceries
by Benjamin Lorr • 2020
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
3.94
15k+
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics🧠 Consumer Psychology
The Secret Life of Groceries Summary
The Secret Life of Groceries 86%
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
by Benjamin Lorr 2020
3.94
15k+ ratings
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics🧠 Consumer Psychology
Listening to Whales
by Alexandra Morton • 2002
A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.
4.51
1k+
🐋 Marine Biology🐆 Wildlife Conservation🐋 Orca Societies⛓️ Anti-Captivity✊ Environmental Advocacy
Listening to Whales Summary
Listening to Whales 86%
A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.
by Alexandra Morton 2002
4.51
1k+ ratings
🐋 Marine Biology🐆 Wildlife Conservation🐋 Orca Societies⛓️ Anti-Captivity✊ Environmental Advocacy
The Mushroom at the End of the World
by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing • 2015
A global commodity mushroom reveals how life, value, and freedom endure in capitalism's wreckage.
3.96
8k+
🧬 Multispecies Ethnography🌍 Political Ecology🌪️ Disturbance Ecology🚢 Global Supply Chains💹 Alternative Economies
The Mushroom at the End of the World Summary
The Mushroom at the End of the World 86%
A global commodity mushroom reveals how life, value, and freedom endure in capitalism's wreckage.
by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015
3.96
8k+ ratings
🧬 Multispecies Ethnography🌍 Political Ecology🌪️ Disturbance Ecology🚢 Global Supply Chains💹 Alternative Economies
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life
by Helen Scales • 2023
Lanternfish trigger the planet's biggest migration; 79 more portraits from Earth's hidden biosphere.
4.43
325
🐟 Marine Biology📋 Species Profiles🧠 Animal Intelligence🛡️ Marine Conservation🔬 Biomimicry
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life Summary
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life 86%
Lanternfish trigger the planet's biggest migration; 79 more portraits from Earth's hidden biosphere.
by Helen Scales 2023
4.43
325 ratings
🐟 Marine Biology📋 Species Profiles🧠 Animal Intelligence🛡️ Marine Conservation🔬 Biomimicry
Apocalypse Never
by Michael Shellenberger • 2020
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
4.16
6k+
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 86%
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☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
Press Reset
by Jason Schreier • 2021
Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.
4.05
8k+
🎮 Video Game Industry🛠️ Tech Labor⏰ Crunch Culture📉 Job Precarity🎭 Art Vs Commerce
Press Reset Summary
Press Reset 86%
Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.
by Jason Schreier 2021
4.05
8k+ ratings
🎮 Video Game Industry🛠️ Tech Labor⏰ Crunch Culture📉 Job Precarity🎭 Art Vs Commerce
Chokepoint Capitalism
by Rebecca Giblin • 2022
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
4.25
1k+
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power⚖️ Copyright Reform🤝 Collective Bargaining
Chokepoint Capitalism Summary
Chokepoint Capitalism 86%
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
by Rebecca Giblin 2022
4.25
1k+ ratings
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power⚖️ Copyright Reform🤝 Collective Bargaining
The Ocean's Menagerie
by Drew Harvell • 2025
Ocean invertebrates spent eons perfecting adaptations that now inspire new drugs and materials.
3.87
254
🐠 Marine Biology🐙 Invertebrates🌿 Biomimicry💊 Drug Discovery🌊 Ocean Conservation
The Ocean's Menagerie Summary
The Ocean's Menagerie 86%
Ocean invertebrates spent eons perfecting adaptations that now inspire new drugs and materials.
by Drew Harvell 2025
3.87
254 ratings
🐠 Marine Biology🐙 Invertebrates🌿 Biomimicry💊 Drug Discovery🌊 Ocean Conservation
Shark Life
by Peter Benchley • 2002
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.
4.01
845
🐠 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Conservation🎲 Risk Perception🦈 Apex Predators🛟 Ocean Safety
Shark Life Summary
Shark Life 86%
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.
by Peter Benchley 2002
4.01
845 ratings
🐠 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Conservation🎲 Risk Perception🦈 Apex Predators🛟 Ocean Safety
The World for Sale
by Javier Blas • 2021
A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.
4.32
13k+
🧱 Commodity Trading🚢 Global Supply Chains🚫 Sanctions Busting🛢️ Energy Geopolitics💰 Oligarchic Capitalism
The World for Sale Summary
The World for Sale 86%
A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.
by Javier Blas 2021
4.32
13k+ ratings
🧱 Commodity Trading🚢 Global Supply Chains🚫 Sanctions Busting🛢️ Energy Geopolitics💰 Oligarchic Capitalism
Diagnosis
by Jane M. Hightower • 2008
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
3.53
34
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture🍽️ Food Politics🔍 Medical Detective Stories
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 86%
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
by Jane M. Hightower 2008
3.53
34 ratings
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture🍽️ Food Politics🔍 Medical Detective Stories
Filmmaking for Change
by Jon Fitzgerald • 2012
Fund, shoot, edit, and distribute documentaries that turn audiences into advocates.
3.27
22
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking💰 Film Funding📦 Film Distribution🌍 Social Impact Media📖 Impact Storytelling
Filmmaking for Change Summary
Filmmaking for Change 86%
Fund, shoot, edit, and distribute documentaries that turn audiences into advocates.
by Jon Fitzgerald 2012
3.27
22 ratings
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking💰 Film Funding📦 Film Distribution🌍 Social Impact Media📖 Impact Storytelling
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
4.12
245
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety🐔 Factory Farming📉 Deregulation
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 86%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety🐔 Factory Farming📉 Deregulation
The Rare Metals War
by Guillame Pitron • 2018
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
4.04
1k+
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains⚖️ Environmental Justice⚔️ Resource Wars
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War 86%
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⚖️ Environmental Justice⚔️ Resource Wars
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan • 2006
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
4.19
211k+
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 86%
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
by Michael Pollan 2006
4.19
211k+ ratings
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
Murderland
by Caroline Fraser • 2025
The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.
3.78
14k+
🏭 Environmental Crime🛢️ Industrial Pollution🔪 Serial Killer Studies💼 Corporate Malfeasance🌿 Environmental Criminology
Murderland Summary
Murderland 86%
The serial-killer wave wasn't a policing failure. It was lead poisoning, and industry knew.
by Caroline Fraser 2025
3.78
14k+ ratings
🏭 Environmental Crime🛢️ Industrial Pollution🔪 Serial Killer Studies💼 Corporate Malfeasance🌿 Environmental Criminology
Should We Eat Meat?
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
3.52
644
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet🍽️ Food Systems🥬 Meat Alternatives
Should We Eat Meat? Summary
Should We Eat Meat? 86%
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
by Vaclav Smil 2013
3.52
644 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet🍽️ Food Systems🥬 Meat Alternatives
Made in the USA
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.
3.76
510
🏛️ Economic History🏭 American Industry⚡ Energy Economics📉 Deindustrialization🔗 Supply Chains
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA 86%
How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.
by Vaclav Smil 2013
3.76
510 ratings
🏛️ Economic History🏭 American Industry⚡ Energy Economics📉 Deindustrialization🔗 Supply Chains
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.
3.17
36
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil👥 Demographic Shift💧 Water Scarcity
Brazil Is the New America Summary
Brazil Is the New America 86%
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👥 Demographic Shift💧 Water Scarcity
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 86%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Clothing Poverty
by Andrew Brooks • 2015
The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.
3.75
173
👔 Fashion Industry⛓️ Commodity Chains🌾 Cotton Industry👕 Fast Fashion♻️ Second-Hand Clothing
Clothing Poverty Summary
Clothing Poverty 86%
The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.
by Andrew Brooks 2015
3.75
173 ratings
👔 Fashion Industry⛓️ Commodity Chains🌾 Cotton Industry👕 Fast Fashion♻️ Second-Hand Clothing
Design for the Real World
by Victor Papanek • 1972
Design fills the world with disposables. A manifesto for building what people actually need.
4.24
2k+
🏭 Industrial Design⚖️ Design Ethics🌱 Sustainable Design♻️ Planned Obsolescence🔧 Appropriate Technology
Design for the Real World Summary
Design for the Real World 86%
Design fills the world with disposables. A manifesto for building what people actually need.
by Victor Papanek 1972
4.24
2k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Design⚖️ Design Ethics🌱 Sustainable Design♻️ Planned Obsolescence🔧 Appropriate Technology
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang • 2020
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
3.61
1k+
🌐 Internet Economy👀 Attention Economy💥 Market Bubbles⚠️ Systemic Risk🕵️ Advertising Fraud
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis 86%
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
by Tim Hwang 2020
3.61
1k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Economy👀 Attention Economy💥 Market Bubbles⚠️ Systemic Risk🕵️ Advertising Fraud
Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
4.10
13k+
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention🌋 Geoengineering🐟 Invasive Species
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky 86%
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🌋 Geoengineering🐟 Invasive Species
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
4k+
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
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The Omnivore's Dilemma 86%
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Treasure Islands
by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
4.18
2k+
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime🏦 Financial Regulation📜 Economic History
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands 86%
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011
4.18
2k+ ratings
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime🏦 Financial Regulation📜 Economic History
Tomatoland
by Barry Estabrook • 2011
Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.
3.96
5k+
🏭 Industrial Agriculture✊ Farmworker Justice⛓️ Modern Slavery🔗 Supply Chain Ethics🏢 Corporate Accountability
Tomatoland Summary
Tomatoland 86%
Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.
by Barry Estabrook 2011
3.96
5k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture✊ Farmworker Justice⛓️ Modern Slavery🔗 Supply Chain Ethics🏢 Corporate Accountability
Dragnet Nation
by Julia Angwin • 2014
A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.
3.68
659
🛡️ Digital Surveillance🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Mass Surveillance📰 Investigative Journalism🛠️ Digital Self-Defense
Dragnet Nation Summary
Dragnet Nation 86%
A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.
by Julia Angwin 2014
3.68
659 ratings
🛡️ Digital Surveillance🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Mass Surveillance📰 Investigative Journalism🛠️ Digital Self-Defense
No. More. Plastic.
by Martin Dorey • 2018
Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.
3.99
2k+
🧴 Plastic Pollution♻️ Zero Waste Living✊ Everyday Activism🛒 Ethical Consumerism🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic. 86%
Eight million tons hit the ocean each year. Here is what two minutes can do.
by Martin Dorey 2018
3.99
2k+ ratings
🧴 Plastic Pollution♻️ Zero Waste Living✊ Everyday Activism🛒 Ethical Consumerism🥤 Plastic Free Lifestyle
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