Roman Krznaric Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Roman Krznaric

Five of my favourite books on long-term thinking, from Donella Meadows's classic Thinking in Systems to Kim Stanley Robinson's astonishing Aurora. @ksrinfo Other key books for me include @ytashawomack's Afrofuturism, Jay Giffith's Pip Pip and Jared Diamond's Collpase https://t.co/BsLdykjOtx https://t.co/AlQzNT4vXz

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@openaccessguy @KateRaworth I agree that the roots also spring from trade. Pre-industrial 'mercantalist capitalism' helped create today's oligarchs. On this subject I like sociologist James Fulcher's little book, Capitalism (OUP).

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St Valentine was originaly the patron saint of people with epilepsy, not of romantic love. Discover more about the forgotten history of love in this extract from my book The Wonderbox (published in the US as How Should We Live) @UtneReader https://utne.com/mind-and-body/true-meaning-of-love-ze0z1402zjhar/ https://t.co/0LjGmGWKrT

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Great to see that the brilliant Spanish rapper and sociologist NACH has been reading The Good Ancestor #buenantepasado https://twitter.com/Nachsoyyo/status/1535188374037864448

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Karl Marx never used the word "capitalism" according to historian Fernand Braudel in his monumental 1979 book Civilization and Capitalism (see Volume 2 p 237). Is this really true?! https://t.co/z3DxN82Y5Q

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@JamesGDyke @David_S_Wilson @xriskology @openDemocracy @nybooks @amiasrinivasan All this said, I think the existential risk focus on the dangers of AI are important. I like @samharrisorg @tedstalks https://t.co/GIqJRk6qDz on this but also really like the political economy approach in Kate Crawford's excellent Atlas of AI, which takes power seriously 5/x https://t.co/aRcrBTJNbf

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With plenty of talk about Russian oligarchs in the air, how exactly do the superwealthy elite wield political power? I explore this in my new book WHAT THE RICH DON'T TELL THE POOR, which was inspired by C. Wright Mills' sociology classic The Power Elite https://t.co/vmoEfShEvL https://t.co/wj4Jnpn6zo

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@Johnston_L_ Delighted to hear it. I also really recommend Kim Stanley Robinson's latest book, The Ministry for the Future.

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@michaelbhaskar Lewis Mumford with a touch of Ivan Illich and a dash of George Dyson's latest book Analogia and @katecrawford's Atlas of AI.

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How do we challenge the power of oligarchs, whether in Russia or Silicon Valley? 3 lessons from my new book What The Rich Don't Tell The Poor at @fp2p @oxfamgb https://oxfamapps.org/fp2p/want-to-challenge-the-elite-then-first-understand-what-makes-them-tick/ https://t.co/ruzZ8DSDVN