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Books like The Good Ancestor
The best books like The Good Ancestor are Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Thinking in Systems, and Enlightenment Now. The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric is about long-term thinking, future generations, time horizon. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman · Self-help
Four Thousand Weeks is Oliver Burkeman's philosophical attack on the entire project of time management as it is usually practiced.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Thinking in Systems
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Donella H. Meadows · Science
Thinking in Systems is Donella Meadows's introduction to the discipline of systems thinking — a way of understanding why complex things behave the way they do.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Enlightenment Now
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Steven Pinker · Science
Enlightenment Now is Steven Pinker's argument that the ideals of the Enlightenment — reason, science, humanism, and progress — have been responsible for a dramatic and continuing improvement in human wellbeing across virtually every measurable dimension, and that these ideals are under threat from counter-Enlightenment movements on both the left and the right.
A kindred philosophy read.
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- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Elizabeth Kolbert · Science
The Sixth Extinction is Elizabeth Kolbert's account of the mass extinction event currently underway — the sixth in Earth's history, and the first caused by a single species.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells · Science
The Uninhabitable Earth is David Wallace-Wells's catalog of what climate change will do to human civilization if carbon emissions continue on or near their current trajectory.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Clock of the Long Now
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Stewart Brand · Philosophy
The Clock of the Long Now is Stewart Brand's case for thinking at a civilizational scale rather than a quarterly one.
Both dig into long-term thinking.
Read the summary → - What We Owe the Future
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William MacAskill · Philosophy
What We Owe the Future is philosopher William MacAskill's case for "longtermism" — the view that positively influencing the long-run trajectory of human civilization should be a primary moral priority.
Both dig into future generations.
Read the summary → - Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
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Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
Roger Lowenstein · Biography
Roger Lowenstein's Buffett is the definitive account of Warren Buffett's life up to the mid-1990s, when his investment record had already made him one of the wealthiest people on earth.
Both dig into long-term thinking.
Read the summary → - Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras · Business
Built to Last is Jim Collins and Jerry Porras's six-year research project into what separates companies that endure for decades from those that simply perform well for a season.
Both dig into long-term thinking.
Read the summary → - Common Sense on Mutual Funds
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John C. Bogle · Economics
John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard and inventor of the retail index fund, wrote Common Sense on Mutual Funds as a comprehensive argument for why most investors should own index funds rather than actively managed funds.
Both dig into long-term thinking.
Read the summary → - One Up On Wall Street
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Peter Lynch · Economics
One Up On Wall Street is Peter Lynch's argument that ordinary investors have a genuine advantage over professional fund managers, and that the key to beating the market is paying attention to what you already know.
Both dig into long-term thinking.
Read the summary → - Power and Love
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Adam Kahane · Business
Power and Love is Adam Kahane's attempt to resolve a tension he encountered repeatedly in his work facilitating multi-stakeholder processes on complex social problems: the people with power to make change rarely feel the need for love, and the people motivated by love rarely feel comfortable with power.
Both dig into systems change.
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Books like The Good Ancestor: quick answers
What are the best books like The Good Ancestor?
The best books like The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric are Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Good Ancestor, such as long-term thinking, future generations, time horizon.
What should I read after The Good Ancestor?
A natural next read after The Good Ancestor is Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert.
What books are similar to The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric?
The Good Ancestor centers on long-term thinking, future generations, time horizon. Books with a similar feel include Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells, The Clock of the Long Now by Stewart Brand — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
