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A playful, mind-bending thought experiment that dismantles everything you think you know about the present by viewing it from the distant future. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with But What If We're Wrong?.
- mind-expanding
- playful
- contemplative
- dizzying
- 01
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Chuck Klosterman
A hyper-caffeinated, wildly entertaining deep dive into the profound philosophical truths hidden inside our trashiest pop culture.
- 02
The half-life of facts
Samuel Arbesman
A reassuring and fascinating exploration of why what we know is always changing, and how to find comfort in the predictable rhythms of discovery.
- 03
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
A darkly funny, slightly paranoid plunge into the blurry line between eccentricity and clinical madness.
- 04
The Nineties
Chuck Klosterman
A sharp, hyper-articulate time machine that dissects the last era before the internet swallowed reality.
- 05
I was told there'd be cake
Sloane Crosley
A wry and hilarious celebration of well-intentioned haplessness in the modern city.
- 06
Consider the lobster, and other essays
David Foster Wallace · 2005
A dizzying, hyper-articulate plunge into the absurdities and moral anxieties of modern American life.
- 07
What If?
Randall Munroe
A delightful exercise in taking the most ridiculous questions imaginable and answering them with rigorous, cheerfully apocalyptic science.
- 08
Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino
A razor-sharp, dizzying plunge into the funhouse mirror of modern internet culture and millennial self-delusion.
- 09
Pastoralia
George Saunders · 2000
A hilarious, heartbreaking funhouse mirror reflecting the soul-crushing absurdities of modern work and life.
- 10
Don't Get Too Comfortable
David Rakoff
A bitingly funny, Wildean grand tour through the absurdities of American overconsumption and the special circle of gilded-age hell we've built for ourselves.
- 11
The Drunkard's Walk
Leonard Mlodinow · 2008
A witty, mind-bending tour through the hidden mathematics of everyday life that will forever change how you view success, failure, and the illusion of control.
- 12
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Jon Ronson
A wry, deeply empathetic, and quietly terrifying exploration of what happens when the internet decides to destroy your life.
