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Some interesting books in no particular order.

 

  • The Singularity is near, Ray Kurzweil, Gerald Duckworth.
The next step in the evolutionary process.
  • The Art of the Long View, Peter Schwartz, Wiley.
Planning for the future in an uncertain world.
  • Competing for the Future, Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad, HBS Press.
Keeping competive edge in the future.
  • Visions, Michio Kaku, Oxford Univeristy Press.
How science will revolutionise the 21st century and beyond.
  • The Luck Factor, Richard Wiseman, Arrow Books.
Four simple principles that will change your luck - and your life.
  • The Future of Money, Bernard Lietaer, Century.
Creating new wealth, work and a wiser world.
  • Why most things fail, Paul Ormerod, Faber and Faber.
... And how to aviod it.
  • Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Penguin.
Strange economics.
  • Blink, Malcolm Gladwell, Penguin.
The power of thinking without thinking.
  • The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, Penguin.
How little things can make a big difference.
  • The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki, Abacus.
Why the many are smarter than teh few.
  • The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Penguin Allen Lane.
The impact of the highly improbable.
  • Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Penguin.
How to recognise randomness