🏠 Smart Environments

Visions of spaces—homes, offices, cities—that sense and respond to their inhabitants, raising questions about comfort, surveillance, and what it means to live inside intelligence.

Against the smart city

by Adam Greenfield • 2013

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

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132

🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💰 Neoliberal Urbanism

Against the smart city 90%

Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.

by Adam Greenfield 2013

3.96

132 ratings

🏙️ Smart Cities 📐 Urban Planning 🔬 Technological Critique 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💰 Neoliberal Urbanism

The Smart Enough City

by Ben Green • 2019

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

4.12

208

🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism ⚙️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Smart Enough City 90%

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

by Ben Green 2019

4.12

208 ratings

🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism ⚙️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Internet of Things

by Samuel Greengard • 2015

Connecting everything to the internet could add $33 trillion to the economy, and expose everything.

3.23

542

🌐 Internet Of Things 🏭 Industry 4.0 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔒 Data Privacy 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Internet of Things 89%

Connecting everything to the internet could add $33 trillion to the economy, and expose everything.

by Samuel Greengard 2015

3.23

542 ratings

🌐 Internet Of Things 🏭 Industry 4.0 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔒 Data Privacy 🏙️ Smart Cities

Intelligent IoT Projects in 7 Days

by Agus Kurniawan • 2017

Build a firefighting robot, a talking speaker, and five more connected devices in one week.

🖥️ Internet Of Things 🔌 Embedded Systems 📚 Project-Based Learning ⚡ Microcontrollers 📡 Sensor Networks

Intelligent IoT Projects in 7 Days Summary

Intelligent IoT Projects in 7 Days 89%

Build a firefighting robot, a talking speaker, and five more connected devices in one week.

by Agus Kurniawan 2017

🖥️ Internet Of Things 🔌 Embedded Systems 📚 Project-Based Learning ⚡ Microcontrollers 📡 Sensor Networks

Building Wireless Sensor Networks

by Robert Faludi • 2010

Turn Arduino and XBee radios into a self-healing sensor mesh: from two nodes to thousands.

3.82

192

📶 Wireless Networking 💻 Embedded Systems 📡 Sensor Networks 🔧 Iot Prototyping 🕸️ Mesh Networking

Building Wireless Sensor Networks Summary

Building Wireless Sensor Networks 89%

Turn Arduino and XBee radios into a self-healing sensor mesh: from two nodes to thousands.

by Robert Faludi 2010

3.82

192 ratings

📶 Wireless Networking 💻 Embedded Systems 📡 Sensor Networks 🔧 Iot Prototyping 🕸️ Mesh Networking

Smart Cities

by Anthony M. Townsend • 2013

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

3.61

817

🏙️ Urban Technology 🔌 Digital Infrastructure 🗳️ Civic Technology 📊 Open Data 🌱 Grassroots Innovation

Smart Cities 89%

Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.

by Anthony M. Townsend 2013

3.61

817 ratings

🏙️ Urban Technology 🔌 Digital Infrastructure 🗳️ Civic Technology 📊 Open Data 🌱 Grassroots Innovation

The IoT Product Manager

by Padmaraj Nidagundi • 2022

From prototype to regulation: the handbook that turns engineers and analysts into IoT leaders.

5.00

🧠 Iot Product Management 🔌 Connected Devices 🔄 Product Lifecycle 📈 Moving Into Management 🔒 Data Security And Privacy

The IoT Product Manager 88%

From prototype to regulation: the handbook that turns engineers and analysts into IoT leaders.

by Padmaraj Nidagundi 2022

5.00

1 ratings

🧠 Iot Product Management 🔌 Connected Devices 🔄 Product Lifecycle 📈 Moving Into Management 🔒 Data Security And Privacy

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 88%

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

Being Digital

by Nicholas Negroponte • 1995

Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.

3.80

2k+

💻 Digital Transformation 📡 Media Convergence 🎛️ Interface Design 🕶️ Virtual Reality 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing

Being Digital 88%

Why your TV, newspaper, and phone are about to merge into one seamless stream of bits.

by Nicholas Negroponte 1995

3.80

2k+ ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 📡 Media Convergence 🎛️ Interface Design 🕶️ Virtual Reality 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing

Hertzian Tales

by Anthony Dunne • 1999

Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.

4.26

125

🔮 Critical Design 📦 Poetics Of Objects 👆 Aesthetics Of Use ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🔬 Science And Technology Studies

Hertzian Tales 88%

Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.

by Anthony Dunne 1999

4.26

125 ratings

🔮 Critical Design 📦 Poetics Of Objects 👆 Aesthetics Of Use ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🔬 Science And Technology Studies

Road to Nowhere

by Paris Marx • 2022

The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.

4.16

643

🚗 Car Culture 🏙️ Urban Planning 💻 Techno-Solutionism 🚌 Public Transit 🛵 Gig Economy

Road to Nowhere 88%

The tech-driven transportation future is a dead end. The real fix: fewer cars, better transit.

by Paris Marx 2022

4.16

643 ratings

🚗 Car Culture 🏙️ Urban Planning 💻 Techno-Solutionism 🚌 Public Transit 🛵 Gig Economy

Everyday Chaos

by David Weinberger • 2019

A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.

3.78

202

🔬 Complexity Science 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Machine Learning 💻 Digital Strategy 🔓 Open Platforms

Everyday Chaos 88%

A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.

by David Weinberger 2019

3.78

202 ratings

🔬 Complexity Science 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Machine Learning 💻 Digital Strategy 🔓 Open Platforms

The Fourth Transformation

by Robert Scoble • 2016

Factory workers using AR headsets made 90% fewer errors. The next computing era has already started.

3.75

492

🥽 Mixed Reality 🌐 Spatial Computing 🔮 Tech Forecasting 🖐️ Human-Computer Interaction 🎮 Immersive Technology

The Fourth Transformation 87%

Factory workers using AR headsets made 90% fewer errors. The next computing era has already started.

by Robert Scoble 2016

3.75

492 ratings

🥽 Mixed Reality 🌐 Spatial Computing 🔮 Tech Forecasting 🖐️ Human-Computer Interaction 🎮 Immersive Technology

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

Places of the Heart

by Colin Ellard • 2010

How every space you enter, room, street, or screen, quietly rewires your brain.

3.58

680

🧠 Environmental Psychology 🏗️ Built Environment 🏙️ Urban Design 🌿 Biophilia 🏠 Place Attachment

Places of the Heart 87%

How every space you enter, room, street, or screen, quietly rewires your brain.

by Colin Ellard 2010

3.58

680 ratings

🧠 Environmental Psychology 🏗️ Built Environment 🏙️ Urban Design 🌿 Biophilia 🏠 Place Attachment

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 87%

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

The Inevitable

by Kevin Kelly • 2016

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

3.89

12k+

🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🌐 Networked Society

The Inevitable 87%

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

by Kevin Kelly 2016

3.89

12k+ ratings

🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🌐 Networked Society

Arduino For Dummies

by John Nussey • 2013

Make electronics that sense, move, and react, starting with a single blinking LED.

3.94

162

🧠 Microcontrollers 🔌 Physical Computing 🔧 Maker Movement 💡 Beginner Electronics 🎮 Interactive Projects

Arduino For Dummies 87%

Make electronics that sense, move, and react, starting with a single blinking LED.

by John Nussey 2013

3.94

162 ratings

🧠 Microcontrollers 🔌 Physical Computing 🔧 Maker Movement 💡 Beginner Electronics 🎮 Interactive Projects

The Right to Oblivion

by Lowry Pressly • 2024

Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.

4.01

254

👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🔒 Digital Privacy 💭 Forgetting And Memory 📊 Datafication

The Right to Oblivion 87%

Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.

by Lowry Pressly 2024

4.01

254 ratings

👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🔒 Digital Privacy 💭 Forgetting And Memory 📊 Datafication

You Are Not a Gadget

by Jaron Lanier • 2010

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

3.57

6k+

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

You Are Not a Gadget 87%

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

by Jaron Lanier 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism 💼 Creative Economy ⚙️ Technological Determinism

The Green New Deal

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2019

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

3.68

812

💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Green New Deal 87%

The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.

by Jeremy Rifkin 2019

3.68

812 ratings

💚 Green New Deal ⚡ Energy Transition 💰 Green Economics 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment 🏙️ Smart Cities

Remote Sensing and GIS

by Basudeb Bhatta • 2008

Build the complete geospatial toolkit, from electromagnetic radiation to interactive web maps.

4.00

232

🛰️ Remote Sensing 🗺️ Geographic Information Systems 📊 Spatial Analysis 🌍 Earth Observation 🗾 Digital Mapping

Remote Sensing and GIS 87%

Build the complete geospatial toolkit, from electromagnetic radiation to interactive web maps.

by Basudeb Bhatta 2008

4.00

232 ratings

🛰️ Remote Sensing 🗺️ Geographic Information Systems 📊 Spatial Analysis 🌍 Earth Observation 🗾 Digital Mapping

Alone Together

by Sherry Turkle • 2011

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

3.62

6k+

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

Alone Together 87%

Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.

by Sherry Turkle 2011

3.62

6k+ ratings

🤖 Social Robotics 📱 Digital Isolation 🎭 Online Identity 💌 Mediated Intimacy 🔔 Always On Culture

How the World Really Works

by Vaclav Smil • 2022

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

3.94

14k+

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

How the World Really Works 87%

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

by Vaclav Smil 2022

3.94

14k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems 📊 Quantitative Reasoning ⚖️ Risk Perception

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

4.00

2k+

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Falter 87%

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 ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

The Year in Tech 2022

by Harvard Business Review • 2021

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

3.56

176

📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚛️ Quantum Computing 🧠 Neurotechnology

The Year in Tech 2022 87%

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

by Harvard Business Review 2021

3.56

176 ratings

📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚛️ Quantum Computing 🧠 Neurotechnology

Artificial Intelligence Basics

by Tom Taulli • 2019

AI without the math: what machine learning does and where automation fits in your business.

3.50

210

🧠 Ai Fundamentals 🏭 Ai Adoption 🔄 Digital Transformation ⚖️ Technology Ethics 📊 Data Strategy

Artificial Intelligence Basics 87%

AI without the math: what machine learning does and where automation fits in your business.

by Tom Taulli 2019

3.50

210 ratings

🧠 Ai Fundamentals 🏭 Ai Adoption 🔄 Digital Transformation ⚖️ Technology Ethics 📊 Data Strategy

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

by Bill Gates • 2021

Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.

4.11

51k+

🌍 Net Zero Transition ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🚀 Techno-Optimism 💰 Climate Economics 🌪️ Climate Adaptation

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster 87%

Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.

by Bill Gates 2021

4.11

51k+ ratings

🌍 Net Zero Transition ⚡ Clean Energy Transition 🚀 Techno-Optimism 💰 Climate Economics 🌪️ Climate Adaptation

Darwin Comes to Town

by Menno Schilthuizen • 2018

Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.

4.10

2k+

🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧬 Contemporary Evolution 🦎 Urban Adaptation 🐦 Animal Behavior 🧩 Habitat Fragmentation

Darwin Comes to Town 87%

Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.

by Menno Schilthuizen 2018

4.10

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧬 Contemporary Evolution 🦎 Urban Adaptation 🐦 Animal Behavior 🧩 Habitat Fragmentation

Program or Be Programmed

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

3.72

2k+

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Program or Be Programmed 87%

Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2010

3.72

2k+ ratings

🌐 Media Ecology ⚖️ Technological Bias 🎮 Digital Agency ⏰ Attention Economy 💻 Code Literacy

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides)

by Matthew Burgess • 2021

AI masters chess, spots cancer, drives cars. But who trains it, and on whose data?

3.71

147

🖥️ Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🛡️ Ai Safety 🔒 Data Privacy

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides) Summary

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides) 87%

AI masters chess, spots cancer, drives cars. But who trains it, and on whose data?

by Matthew Burgess 2021

3.71

147 ratings

🖥️ Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🛡️ Ai Safety 🔒 Data Privacy

Superagency

by Reid Hoffman • 2025

AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.

3.33

1k+

🏛️ Ai Policy 🌅 Tech Optimism ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🔮 Future Of Work 📊 Data Governance

Superagency 87%

AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.

by Reid Hoffman 2025

3.33

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ai Policy 🌅 Tech Optimism ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🔮 Future Of Work 📊 Data Governance

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 87%

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 Mind's Mirror

by Daniela Rus • 2024

AI extends every human capability, including the worst of us. A framework for the double edge.

3.59

110

📊 Ai Strategy ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work 🤖 Machine Learning 🏛️ Technology Governance

The Mind's Mirror 87%

AI extends every human capability, including the worst of us. A framework for the double edge.

by Daniela Rus 2024

3.59

110 ratings

📊 Ai Strategy ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work 🤖 Machine Learning 🏛️ Technology Governance

The Essential Engineer

by Henry Petroski • 2010

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

3.37

270

🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment 🔄 Systems Thinking ✏️ Design Thinking

The Essential Engineer 87%

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

by Henry Petroski 2010

3.37

270 ratings

🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment 🔄 Systems Thinking ✏️ Design Thinking

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 🌾 Agricultural Innovation ⚡ Renewable Energy

Not the End of the World 87%

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 🌾 Agricultural Innovation ⚡ Renewable Energy

AI and Machine Learning for On-Device Development

by Laurence Moroney • 2021

Privacy-respecting on-device AI: face detection, text analysis, custom models. No cloud, no PhD.

4.17

📱 Mobile Development 🧠 On-Device Ai 🤖 Applied Machine Learning 🚀 Model Deployment 👁️ Computer Vision

AI and Machine Learning for On-Device Development Summary

AI and Machine Learning for On-Device Development 87%

Privacy-respecting on-device AI: face detection, text analysis, custom models. No cloud, no PhD.

by Laurence Moroney 2021

4.17

6 ratings

📱 Mobile Development 🧠 On-Device Ai 🤖 Applied Machine Learning 🚀 Model Deployment 👁️ Computer Vision

Going Nuclear

by Tim Gregory • 2025

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

4.47

350

🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions 📜 Nuclear History 🌱 Ecomodernism

Going Nuclear 87%

Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, densest energy on Earth. Only irrational fear stands in its way.

by Tim Gregory 2025

4.47

350 ratings

🏭 Nuclear Energy 🏛️ Energy Policy 🌍 Climate Solutions 📜 Nuclear History 🌱 Ecomodernism

The Age of Spiritual Machines

by Ray Kurzweil • 1998

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

3.89

5k+

🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Evolution Of Intelligence

The Age of Spiritual Machines 87%

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

by Ray Kurzweil 1998

3.89

5k+ ratings

🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Evolution Of Intelligence

AI 2041

by Kai-Fu Lee • 2021

Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Future Studies 💼 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk

AI 2041 87%

Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.

by Kai-Fu Lee 2021

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Future Studies 💼 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk

Taming the Sun

by Varun Sivaram • 2018

More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.

4.07

501

☀️ Solar Energy 🔄 Clean Energy Transition 🏛️ Energy Policy 🔮 Energy Futures ⚡ Grid Modernization

Taming the Sun 87%

More solar means each panel is worth less. Three innovations can flip that equation.

by Varun Sivaram 2018

4.07

501 ratings

☀️ Solar Energy 🔄 Clean Energy Transition 🏛️ Energy Policy 🔮 Energy Futures ⚡ Grid Modernization

Healthy Buildings

by Joseph G. Allen • 2020

You spend 72 years indoors. The air you breathe there has a balance sheet.

3.91

170

🍃 Indoor Air Quality 🧱 Building Science 🏢 Workplace Design 🧠 Environmental Psychology ☣️ Environmental Toxins

Healthy Buildings 87%

You spend 72 years indoors. The air you breathe there has a balance sheet.

by Joseph G. Allen 2020

3.91

170 ratings

🍃 Indoor Air Quality 🧱 Building Science 🏢 Workplace Design 🧠 Environmental Psychology ☣️ Environmental Toxins

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.

4.00

🧠 Systems Thinking 🌍 Sustainable Development 📋 Environmental Policy ⚡ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Security

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Summary

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development 87%

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 ⚡ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Security

Technopoly

by Neil Postman • 1992

When a culture worships its tools, the old stories that held it together quietly disappear.

3.97

5k+

🎙️ Media Ecology 💻 Technology Criticism 📊 Information Overload ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🔬 Scientism

Technopoly 87%

When a culture worships its tools, the old stories that held it together quietly disappear.

by Neil Postman 1992

3.97

5k+ ratings

🎙️ Media Ecology 💻 Technology Criticism 📊 Information Overload ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🔬 Scientism

The New Digital Age

by Eric Schmidt • 2013

Five billion new internet users will change war, privacy, and revolution forever.

3.33

3k+

🌐 Internet Geopolitics 🔮 Digital Futures ⚔️ Cyber Conflict 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance 🏛️ State And Cyberspace

The New Digital Age 87%

Five billion new internet users will change war, privacy, and revolution forever.

by Eric Schmidt 2013

3.33

3k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Geopolitics 🔮 Digital Futures ⚔️ Cyber Conflict 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance 🏛️ State And Cyberspace

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

3.50

175

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library 87%

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

Walkable City

by Jeff Speck • 2012

America's downtowns died for parking. The rules for bringing them back, starting at the curb.

4.32

9k+

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🚗 Car Dependency 🌱 Smart Growth

Walkable City 87%

America's downtowns died for parking. The rules for bringing them back, starting at the curb.

by Jeff Speck 2012

4.32

9k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ New Urbanism 🚶 Walkable Cities 🚗 Car Dependency 🌱 Smart Growth

Networks of New York

by Ingrid Burrington • 2016

Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.

3.80

232

🏙️ Urban Infrastructure 🌐 Network Infrastructure 📖 Visual Field Guides 🔭 Urban Observation 📡 Surveillance Technology

Networks of New York 87%

Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.

by Ingrid Burrington 2016

3.80

232 ratings

🏙️ Urban Infrastructure 🌐 Network Infrastructure 📖 Visual Field Guides 🔭 Urban Observation 📡 Surveillance Technology

The Metaverse

by Matthew Ball • 2022

A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.

3.79

2k+

🌐 Virtual Worlds 💰 Virtual Economies 🔮 Future Of The Internet 🥽 Immersive Technology 🏗️ Tech Infrastructure

The Metaverse 87%

A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.

by Matthew Ball 2022

3.79

2k+ ratings

🌐 Virtual Worlds 💰 Virtual Economies 🔮 Future Of The Internet 🥽 Immersive Technology 🏗️ Tech Infrastructure

Tribe of Hackers

by Marcus J. Carey • 2019

The cybersecurity insight too many ignore: secure your people, not just your network.

3.90

262

👤 Human Element 🔐 Security Fundamentals 🌐 Community Building 🧠 Continuous Learning 📞 Communication Skills

Tribe of Hackers 87%

The cybersecurity insight too many ignore: secure your people, not just your network.

by Marcus J. Carey 2019

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👤 Human Element 🔐 Security Fundamentals 🌐 Community Building 🧠 Continuous Learning 📞 Communication Skills

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