🏗️ Rebuilding Society

In the wake of collapse, communities struggle to establish new social orders, grappling with questions of governance, justice, and what it means to start over.

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2017

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

4.18

3k+

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Commune 89%

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

by Joshua Gayou 2017

4.18

3k+ ratings

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Lifehouse

by Adam Greenfield • 2024

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

3.84

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🌿 Social Ecology

Lifehouse 89%

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

by Adam Greenfield 2024

3.84

86 ratings

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🌿 Social Ecology

Palaces for the People

by Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

3.97

5k+

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital 💪 Community Resilience 📚 Libraries And Community

Palaces for the People 88%

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

by Eric Klinenberg 2018

3.97

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital 💪 Community Resilience 📚 Libraries And Community

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2018

A mountain commune is occupied. To reclaim it, survivors must risk becoming monsters themselves.

4.32

1k+

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Community ⚖️ Survivor Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏴 Community Under Siege 🎖️ Reluctant Leader

Commune 88%

A mountain commune is occupied. To reclaim it, survivors must risk becoming monsters themselves.

by Joshua Gayou 2018

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Community ⚖️ Survivor Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏴 Community Under Siege 🎖️ Reluctant Leader

A Paradise Built in Hell

by Rebecca Solnit • 2009

Disasters create utopias of mutual aid. The catastrophe begins when authorities impose control.

3.95

4k+

🌀 Disaster Studies 🤝 Mutual Aid 💛 Human Altruism 👥 Collective Behavior 📰 Disaster Myths

A Paradise Built in Hell 88%

Disasters create utopias of mutual aid. The catastrophe begins when authorities impose control.

by Rebecca Solnit 2009

3.95

4k+ ratings

🌀 Disaster Studies 🤝 Mutual Aid 💛 Human Altruism 👥 Collective Behavior 📰 Disaster Myths

How to Thrive in the Next Economy

by John Thackara • 2015

A design movement is ditching ‘less harm’ for an economy that restores soil, water, and community.

3.78

246

🌱 Regenerative Economy 🏡 Ecological Design 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🪱 Soil Restoration 💧 Watershed Management

How to Thrive in the Next Economy Summary

How to Thrive in the Next Economy 88%

A design movement is ditching ‘less harm’ for an economy that restores soil, water, and community.

by John Thackara 2015

3.78

246 ratings

🌱 Regenerative Economy 🏡 Ecological Design 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🪱 Soil Restoration 💧 Watershed Management

Together

by Richard Sennett • 2011

The rituals and crafts that make cooperation possible are being dissolved by short-term capitalism.

3.81

469

🧱 Social Cooperation 🏙️ Urban Sociology 🎭 Ritual And Society 🔨 Craftsmanship 💬 Dialogic Thinking

Together 88%

The rituals and crafts that make cooperation possible are being dissolved by short-term capitalism.

by Richard Sennett 2011

3.81

469 ratings

🧱 Social Cooperation 🏙️ Urban Sociology 🎭 Ritual And Society 🔨 Craftsmanship 💬 Dialogic Thinking

From What Is to What If

by Rob Hopkins • 2019

Our collective imagination is collapsing. The remedy: less screen time, more play, better questions.

4.31

1k+

🔮 Future Thinking 🏘️ Community Resilience 📱 Attention Economy 🎲 Play And Learning 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

From What Is to What If 88%

Our collective imagination is collapsing. The remedy: less screen time, more play, better questions.

by Rob Hopkins 2019

4.31

1k+ ratings

🔮 Future Thinking 🏘️ Community Resilience 📱 Attention Economy 🎲 Play And Learning 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Glimpses of Utopia

by Jess Scully • 2020

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

3.97

110

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

Glimpses of Utopia 88%

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

by Jess Scully 2020

3.97

110 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

As Our World Ends

by Jack Hunt • 2020

A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.

4.18

1k+

🖥️ Grid-Down Survival 💔 Broken Family Bonds 👥 Ragtag Survivors 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🩸 Bleak Survival

As Our World Ends 88%

A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.

by Jack Hunt 2020

4.18

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Grid-Down Survival 💔 Broken Family Bonds 👥 Ragtag Survivors 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🩸 Bleak Survival

Upheaval

by Jared Diamond • 2019

Crisis therapy adapted to nations: six countries reveal which recoveries work, why America's next.

3.90

12k+

🌍 National Crises 🗳️ Comparative Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 🛡️ Political Resilience 🏴 National Identity

Upheaval 88%

Crisis therapy adapted to nations: six countries reveal which recoveries work, why America's next.

by Jared Diamond 2019

3.90

12k+ ratings

🌍 National Crises 🗳️ Comparative Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 🛡️ Political Resilience 🏴 National Identity

Maintenance of Everything

by Stewart Brand • 2026

Civilization runs on maintenance nobody sees, values, or funds. Until it stops.

4.00

516

⚙️ History Of Technology 🏗️ Infrastructure 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔧 Repair And Maintenance 🛠️ Diy Culture

Maintenance of Everything 88%

Civilization runs on maintenance nobody sees, values, or funds. Until it stops.

by Stewart Brand 2026

4.00

516 ratings

⚙️ History Of Technology 🏗️ Infrastructure 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔧 Repair And Maintenance 🛠️ Diy Culture

TRUEL1F3

by Jay Kristoff • 2020

A lightning-wielding orphan is hunted by the corporation cloning her into weapons of war.

4.03

3k+

🫂 Found Family 🤖 Android Personhood 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 💥 Robot Rebellion ☢️ Nuclear Wasteland

TRUEL1F3 88%

A lightning-wielding orphan is hunted by the corporation cloning her into weapons of war.

by Jay Kristoff 2020

4.03

3k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🤖 Android Personhood 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 💥 Robot Rebellion ☢️ Nuclear Wasteland

The Rule of Three

by Eric Walters • 2014

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

4.00

8k+

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia 👤 Reluctant Leader 🧠 Strategic Planning

The Rule of Three 88%

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

by Eric Walters 2014

4.00

8k+ ratings

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia 👤 Reluctant Leader 🧠 Strategic Planning

COVID-19

by Klaus Schwab • 2020

The pandemic didn't just upend the world; it created a fleeting chance to rebuild it from scratch.

2.69

2k+

🦠 Pandemic Response 💹 Post-Crisis Economics 🌱 Green Recovery 💻 Digital Acceleration 🌐 Global Governance

COVID-19 87%

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 💻 Digital Acceleration 🌐 Global Governance

Uses of Disorder

by Richard Sennett • 1970

The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.

3.88

258

🏙️ Urban Sociology 🧩 Identity Formation 🚧 Social Segregation 🏛️ Bureaucratic Power 💰 Affluent Isolation

Uses of Disorder 87%

The young craving for purity is architecting our cities into sterile, segregated cages.

by Richard Sennett 1970

3.88

258 ratings

🏙️ Urban Sociology 🧩 Identity Formation 🚧 Social Segregation 🏛️ Bureaucratic Power 💰 Affluent Isolation

Paint Your Town Red

by Matthew Brown • 2021

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

3.71

173

🏘️ Localism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🛒 Local Procurement 🗣️ Participatory Democracy

Paint Your Town Red 87%

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

by Matthew Brown 2021

3.71

173 ratings

🏘️ Localism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🛒 Local Procurement 🗣️ Participatory Democracy

Another World Is Possible

by Geoff Mulgan • 2022

Our real scarcity isn't resources: it is the imagination to design a society worth having.

4.47

🌐 Social Imagination 🏝️ Utopian Thought 🔮 Futures Thinking 🧠 Collective Intelligence 💡 Social Innovation

Another World Is Possible 87%

Our real scarcity isn't resources: it is the imagination to design a society worth having.

by Geoff Mulgan 2022

4.47

19 ratings

🌐 Social Imagination 🏝️ Utopian Thought 🔮 Futures Thinking 🧠 Collective Intelligence 💡 Social Innovation

Nordic Ideology

by Hanzi Freinacht • 2019

Out-liberate liberalism: a politics that rewires the hidden rules of everyday life.

4.46

142

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🔄 Metamodernism 🛠️ Societal Design 📜 Institutional Change 🧠 Emotional Politics

Nordic Ideology 87%

Out-liberate liberalism: a politics that rewires the hidden rules of everyday life.

by Hanzi Freinacht 2019

4.46

142 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🔄 Metamodernism 🛠️ Societal Design 📜 Institutional Change 🧠 Emotional Politics

Anti-Tech Revolution

by Theodore John Kaczynski • 2016

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

3.95

630

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Technological Collapse 🏛️ Civilization Critique

Anti-Tech Revolution 87%

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016

3.95

630 ratings

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Technological Collapse 🏛️ Civilization Critique

The Network State

by Balaji S. Srinivasan • 2022

Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?

3.92

1k+

🚀 Startup Societies 🌐 Digital Sovereignty ⚖️ Moral Innovation 🔗 Network Society 🔐 Crypto Anarchism

The Network State 87%

Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?

by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022

3.92

1k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Societies 🌐 Digital Sovereignty ⚖️ Moral Innovation 🔗 Network Society 🔐 Crypto Anarchism

Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel • 2014

A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.

4.07

623k+

🖋️ Literary Dystopia 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🕸️ Interconnected Lives 🛤️ Post-Apocalyptic Journey 🫂 Found Family

Station Eleven 87%

A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.

by Emily St. John Mandel 2014

4.07

623k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Dystopia 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🕸️ Interconnected Lives 🛤️ Post-Apocalyptic Journey 🫂 Found Family

The Listening Society

by Hanzi Freinacht • 2017

Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.

4.49

402

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📖 Social Theory 🪜 Adult Development 🏥 Welfare State Reform 🧬 Cultural Evolution

The Listening Society 87%

Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.

by Hanzi Freinacht 2017

4.49

402 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📖 Social Theory 🪜 Adult Development 🏥 Welfare State Reform 🧬 Cultural Evolution

The Gender End

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Captive in a wasteland, a rebel must unite two enemy nations to destroy a tyrant's genetic monsters.

4.16

10k+

♀️ Gender Segregated Society 🧬 Genetic Experimentation 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Battle Couple 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Gender End 87%

Captive in a wasteland, a rebel must unite two enemy nations to destroy a tyrant's genetic monsters.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.16

10k+ ratings

♀️ Gender Segregated Society 🧬 Genetic Experimentation 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Battle Couple 👑 Reluctant Leader

Bowling Alone

by Robert D. Putnam • 2000

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

3.85

9k+

🏛️ Social Capital 🗳️ Civic Engagement 📉 Community Decline 🏠 Social Isolation 🔄 Generational Change

Bowling Alone 87%

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

by Robert D. Putnam 2000

3.85

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Social Capital 🗳️ Civic Engagement 📉 Community Decline 🏠 Social Isolation 🔄 Generational Change

Year Zero

by Ian Buruma • 2013

1945 meant liberation, hunger, and vengeance: a new world rose from ruins, already split.

3.92

2k+

🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction ⚖️ Postwar Justice 🧳 Displaced Persons 👢 Postwar Occupation 🌍 Decolonization

Year Zero 87%

1945 meant liberation, hunger, and vengeance: a new world rose from ruins, already split.

by Ian Buruma 2013

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction ⚖️ Postwar Justice 🧳 Displaced Persons 👢 Postwar Occupation 🌍 Decolonization

Automatic Noodle

by Annalee Newitz • 2025

Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.

3.69

27k+

🫖 Cozy Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Robots 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Food Fiction ✊ Robot Solidarity

Automatic Noodle 87%

Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.

by Annalee Newitz 2025

3.69

27k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Robots 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Food Fiction ✊ Robot Solidarity

Citizens

by Jon Alexander • 2022

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

4.04

317

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action 🏘️ Community Organizing 📖 Narrative Change

Citizens 87%

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

by Jon Alexander 2022

4.04

317 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action 🏘️ Community Organizing 📖 Narrative Change

Moon of the Turning Leaves

by Waubgeshig Rice • 2023

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

4.22

11k+

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland 🛶 Rites Of Passage 🤲 Community Survival

Moon of the Turning Leaves 87%

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

by Waubgeshig Rice 2023

4.22

11k+ ratings

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland 🛶 Rites Of Passage 🤲 Community Survival

Power to the Public

by Tara Dawson McGuinness • 2021

Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.

3.98

320

🏛️ Civic Technology 📜 Government Reform 🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design 📈 Evidence-Based Policy 💻 Digital Transformation

Power to the Public 87%

Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.

by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021

3.98

320 ratings

🏛️ Civic Technology 📜 Government Reform 🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design 📈 Evidence-Based Policy 💻 Digital Transformation

How Infrastructure Works

by Deb Chachra • 2023

The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.

3.64

937

🏗️ Infrastructure Design 🧩 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Network Effects ⚡ Energy Transition ⚖️ Environmental Justice

How Infrastructure Works 87%

The hidden networks you rely on were built for a climate that no longer exists.

by Deb Chachra 2023

3.64

937 ratings

🏗️ Infrastructure Design 🧩 Systems Thinking 🕸️ Network Effects ⚡ Energy Transition ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Tactical Urbanism

by Mike Lydon • 2014

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

3.99

315

🛠️ Diy Urbanism 🎨 Creative Placemaking 🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism 🚲 Street Reclamation 🗳️ Participatory Planning

Tactical Urbanism 87%

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

by Mike Lydon 2014

3.99

315 ratings

🛠️ Diy Urbanism 🎨 Creative Placemaking 🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism 🚲 Street Reclamation 🗳️ Participatory Planning

The Marrow Thieves

by Cherie Dimaline • 2017

A dreamless world hunts an Indigenous boy whose found family keeps the last dreams alive.

3.94

45k+

🌌 Indigenous Futurism 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dystopian Survival 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Generational Trauma

The Marrow Thieves 87%

A dreamless world hunts an Indigenous boy whose found family keeps the last dreams alive.

by Cherie Dimaline 2017

3.94

45k+ ratings

🌌 Indigenous Futurism 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dystopian Survival 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Generational Trauma

Fully Automated Luxury Communism

by Aaron Bastani • 2018

Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.

3.68

3k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🌅 Post-Capitalism 🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics ⚡ Left Accelerationism 🤖 Future Of Work

Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary

Fully Automated Luxury Communism 87%

Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.

by Aaron Bastani 2018

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌅 Post-Capitalism 🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics ⚡ Left Accelerationism 🤖 Future Of Work

The Fourth Turning

by William Strauss • 1996

America's history runs on an 80-year cycle of four social seasons. The crisis season has begun.

3.87

8k+

🕰️ Cyclical History 👥 Generational Dynamics ⚠️ Crisis Forecasting 🏚️ Institutional Decay 🌋 Cultural Upheaval

The Fourth Turning 87%

America's history runs on an 80-year cycle of four social seasons. The crisis season has begun.

by William Strauss 1996

3.87

8k+ ratings

🕰️ Cyclical History 👥 Generational Dynamics ⚠️ Crisis Forecasting 🏚️ Institutional Decay 🌋 Cultural Upheaval

Third Wave

by Alvin Toffler • 1980

Farming and factories each broke civilization open. Knowledge is the third break.

3.96

3k+

🏭 Post-Industrial Society 💻 Information Age 🔮 Futurism 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Knowledge Economy

Third Wave 87%

Farming and factories each broke civilization open. Knowledge is the third break.

by Alvin Toffler 1980

3.96

3k+ ratings

🏭 Post-Industrial Society 💻 Information Age 🔮 Futurism 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Knowledge Economy

Demanding the Impossible

by Peter H. Marshall • 1992

Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.

4.12

1k+

🏴 Anarchist Thought 🌿 Spontaneous Order ✊ Anti-Authoritarianism 🤝 Mutual Aid 🗳️ Self-Governance

Demanding the Impossible 87%

Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.

by Peter H. Marshall 1992

4.12

1k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist Thought 🌿 Spontaneous Order ✊ Anti-Authoritarianism 🤝 Mutual Aid 🗳️ Self-Governance

One Second After

by William R. Forstchen • 2009

An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.

3.98

77k+

🏕️ Survivalist Fiction ⚡ Grid Collapse 🫡 Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Under Siege 💉 Medical Scarcity

One Second After 87%

An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.

by William R. Forstchen 2009

3.98

77k+ ratings

🏕️ Survivalist Fiction ⚡ Grid Collapse 🫡 Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Under Siege 💉 Medical Scarcity

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster

by Paul Auster • 1987

Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.

3.91

16k+

✉️ Epistolary Dystopia 🏚️ Collapsing City 🤝 Found Family 💀 Death Cults 🍂 Elegiac Dystopia

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster Summary

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster 87%

Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.

by Paul Auster 1987

3.91

16k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Dystopia 🏚️ Collapsing City 🤝 Found Family 💀 Death Cults 🍂 Elegiac Dystopia

Don't Burn This Country

by Dave Rubin • 2022

The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.

3.90

498

🚫 Cancel Culture Critique 💪 Self-Reliance 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Institutional Decline 🗣️ Free Speech

Don't Burn This Country 87%

The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.

by Dave Rubin 2022

3.90

498 ratings

🚫 Cancel Culture Critique 💪 Self-Reliance 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Institutional Decline 🗣️ Free Speech

Building and Dwelling

by Richard Sennett • 2018

A city is two things: physical form and lived experience. Ethical design puts the second first.

4.02

983

🏙️ Urban Design 👥 Urban Sociology 🏛️ Ethics Of Place 🤖 Smart Cities Critique 🤝 Participatory Planning

Building and Dwelling 87%

A city is two things: physical form and lived experience. Ethical design puts the second first.

by Richard Sennett 2018

4.02

983 ratings

🏙️ Urban Design 👥 Urban Sociology 🏛️ Ethics Of Place 🤖 Smart Cities Critique 🤝 Participatory Planning

Escaping the Housing Trap

by Charles L. Marohn Jr. • 2024

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

4.37

503

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏠 Housing Policy 📜 Zoning Reform 💰 Affordability Crisis 🌱 Bottom-Up Urbanism

Escaping the Housing Trap 87%

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

by Charles L. Marohn Jr. 2024

4.37

503 ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏠 Housing Policy 📜 Zoning Reform 💰 Affordability Crisis 🌱 Bottom-Up Urbanism

The Post-Corporate World

by David C. Korten • 1999

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

3.77

132

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies 🤝 Cooperative Economics ⚖️ Corporate Personhood

The Post-Corporate World 87%

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

by David C. Korten 1999

3.77

132 ratings

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies 🤝 Cooperative Economics ⚖️ Corporate Personhood

Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler • 1998

Crusaders take her community and her child. In a reeducation camp, a mother holds change sacred.

4.32

87k+

🏚️ Religious Dystopia 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✝️ Religious Extremism 🪨 Underground Resistance 🔥 Faith Under Persecution

Parable of the Talents 87%

Crusaders take her community and her child. In a reeducation camp, a mother holds change sacred.

by Octavia E. Butler 1998

4.32

87k+ ratings

🏚️ Religious Dystopia 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✝️ Religious Extremism 🪨 Underground Resistance 🔥 Faith Under Persecution

The Good Society

by Robert N. Bellah • 1991

Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.

3.66

105

🏘️ Communitarianism 🗳️ American Civic Life 🏛️ Democratic Theory 💰 Market Criticism ⚖️ Moral Economy

The Good Society 87%

Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.

by Robert N. Bellah 1991

3.66

105 ratings

🏘️ Communitarianism 🗳️ American Civic Life 🏛️ Democratic Theory 💰 Market Criticism ⚖️ Moral Economy

Community

by Peter Block • 2008

Belonging is not a program but a conversation: here is how to host it.

4.06

2k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 🏛️ Civic Engagement 🌱 Asset-Based Thinking 👥 Small Group Facilitation 🕊️ Restorative Practices

Community 87%

Belonging is not a program but a conversation: here is how to host it.

by Peter Block 2008

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🏛️ Civic Engagement 🌱 Asset-Based Thinking 👥 Small Group Facilitation 🕊️ Restorative Practices

The First New Nation

by Seymour Martin Lipset • 1963

Before the developing world could fail, America figured out how to make a new nation survive.

4.13

🧱 Nation Building ⚖️ Comparative Politics 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Political Legitimacy 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

The First New Nation 87%

Before the developing world could fail, America figured out how to make a new nation survive.

by Seymour Martin Lipset 1963

4.13

16 ratings

🧱 Nation Building ⚖️ Comparative Politics 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Political Legitimacy 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe

by Sheri Berman • 2019

Europe's liberal democracy took war, collapse, and destruction of the old order, not gradual reform.

4.13

148

🏛️ Comparative Politics 🔄 Democratic Transitions 🏗️ State-Building 🤝 Nation-Building ⛓️ Authoritarianism

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Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe 87%

Europe's liberal democracy took war, collapse, and destruction of the old order, not gradual reform.

by Sheri Berman 2019

4.13

148 ratings

🏛️ Comparative Politics 🔄 Democratic Transitions 🏗️ State-Building 🤝 Nation-Building ⛓️ Authoritarianism

The Great Disruption

by Francis Fukuyama • 1999

The knowledge economy dissolved trust and cooperation. Our biology has a fix.

3.62

353

🏛️ Social Order 🤝 Social Capital 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎲 Game Theory 🔄 Spontaneous Order

The Great Disruption 87%

The knowledge economy dissolved trust and cooperation. Our biology has a fix.

by Francis Fukuyama 1999

3.62

353 ratings

🏛️ Social Order 🤝 Social Capital 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎲 Game Theory 🔄 Spontaneous Order

The Ministry for the Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson • 2020

A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.

3.86

44k+

🌅 Solarpunk 🌏 Near-Future Earth ✊ Eco-Resistance 🌳 Rewilding 🌡️ Geoengineering

The Ministry for the Future 87%

A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.

by Kim Stanley Robinson 2020

3.86

44k+ ratings

🌅 Solarpunk 🌏 Near-Future Earth ✊ Eco-Resistance 🌳 Rewilding 🌡️ Geoengineering

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