Curated lists
The industries being built right now: biotech, energy, space, robotics, quantum, materials, and the science underneath them. For readers positioning themselves ahead of the curve.
15 published lists in this category.
A reading path through rockets, satellites, astronomy, exploration, commercial space, planetary science, space policy, and the companies trying to industrialize orbit.
Books on climate science, emissions, climate policy, technology, finance, adaptation, industrial transformation, and the companies building a lower-carbon economy.
A systems-level library on energy history, electricity, renewables, storage, grids, nuclear power, fossil fuels, energy security, and industrial electrification.
Books on waste, recycling, reuse, industrial ecology, regenerative design, sustainable materials, consumption, and business models that keep resources in circulation.
A high-impact reading list on genes, CRISPR, synthetic biology, biotech companies, bioethics, disease, evolution, and the growing ability to engineer living systems.
Books on medical AI, digital health, precision medicine, diagnostics, health systems, patient safety, innovation, and the future relationship between clinicians, technology, and patients.
A systems reading list on agriculture, food technology, soil, supply chains, climate, nutrition, biotechnology, farming economics, and food security.
Books on additive manufacturing, industrial automation, factories, production systems, hardware, lean operations, materials, and the reinvention of making physical things.
A city-builder’s library on urban design, housing, transport, infrastructure, technology, public space, inequality, resilience, and the social life of cities.
Books on EVs, autonomous transport, public transit, cycling, walkability, streets, logistics, vehicle technology, and the redesign of movement through cities.
A global reading list on freshwater, drought, rivers, sanitation, infrastructure, climate, agriculture, politics, and the strategic value of the world’s most essential resource.
Books on the substances civilization is made from: metals, polymers, ceramics, semiconductors, nanomaterials, chemistry, and the engineering of stronger, lighter, smarter matter.
A balanced shelf on reactors, radiation, fusion, accidents, weapons, energy policy, engineering, and the political emotions surrounding nuclear technology.
A sea-level view of marine science, fisheries, shipping, ports, undersea infrastructure, conservation, maritime trade, and the economic systems hidden beyond the coastline.
A sober library on pandemics, nuclear war, AI risk, climate catastrophe, biosecurity, civilizational collapse, resilience, and the long-term future of humanity.