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Reading Paths

Reading Lists

Curated collections of books that belong together, grouped by theme instead of genre. Each list is a reading path through a single idea.

4 books

The Accident and the System

Four books about how systems produce the catastrophes we call 'accidents' — and why we keep blaming individuals instead.

SystemsSafetyPublic Health
7 books

The Systems Thinking Canon

Seven books that changed how I see feedback loops, emergence, and the architecture of complex systems.

SystemsComplexityLearning
5 books

Understanding Africa: Power, Violence, and the Postcolonial State

Five books on the continent that most of the world ignores — and the systems of power that shape it.

HistoryAfricaPower