SUGGESTED READING
The following books have helped the Techonomy team formulate our philosophy. We don’t all agree with every author, but we think each author contributes important ideas to the dialogue we hope to stimulate with our conference and other activities.
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto
by Stewart Brand
The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves
by W. Brian Arthur
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages
by Carlota Perez
The World is Blue: How our fate and the ocean’s are one
by Sylvia A. Earle
Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History
by David Christian
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
by James Hansen
This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity
by David Christian
Bold Endeavors: How Our Government Built America, and Why It Must Rebuild Now
by Felix G. Rohatyn
Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
by Eric D. Beinhocker
A Many-Colored Glass: Reflections on the Place of Life in the Universe
by Freeman J. Dyson
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence
by George B. Dyson
The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution
by David Stipp
Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
by Al Gore
Sustainable Energy – without the hot air
by David J.C. MacKay
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World
by David Kirkpatrick
Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything
by Jim Gemmell and Gordon Bell
Simply Better: Winning and Keeping Customers by Delivering What Matters Most
by Patrick Barwise and Sean Meehan
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
by Tom Standage
The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth
by Eric Pooley
The Art of Innovation
by Tom Kelley
Nonzero: The logic of human destiny
by Robert Wright
And more to come...
