Borlaug vs. Vogt: abundance through tech vs. restraint through limits.
Balanced enough that both camps will complain—always a good sign.
A clean frame for energy, food, and water decisions you’ll actually make.
Dune
Inventing the Future
Ways of Being
How Forests Think
The Extended Mind
Seeing Like a State
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Making Embedded Systems (2nd ed.)
Introduction to Remote Sensing (6th ed.)
The Wizard and the Prophet
Sand Talk
Congo: The Epic History of a People
Design for the Real World
Where Is My Flying Car?
Gorillas in the Mist
Cien años de soledad
Steve Jobs
Elon Musk
The Art of War
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
The Wizard and the Prophet
By: Charles C. Mann - Read: April 12, 2025 - Rating: 8/10