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A sweeping, high-stakes geopolitical thriller disguised as a history of technology. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Chip War.
- high-stakes
- illuminating
- tense
- expansive
- 01
Changing World Order
Ray Dalio
A sweeping, data-driven lens on the cyclical rise and fall of empires that makes the chaotic present feel historically inevitable.
- 02
AI superpowers
Kai-Fu Lee
A sweeping, urgent look at the future of technology that grounds its geopolitical forecasts in a deeply humanistic core.
- 03
End of the World Is Just the Beginning
Peter Zeihan
A cheerfully apocalyptic masterclass in how the modern world works and exactly why it is about to fall apart.
- 04
Super Pumped
Mike Isaac
A high-octane, jaw-dropping ride through the toxic excess and spectacular hubris of Silicon Valley's most aggressive startup.
- 05
Stolen Focus
Johann Hari
A deeply validating investigation into why your brain feels broken, shifting the blame from your willpower to the world around you.
- 06
The Master Switch
Tim Wu
A sweeping, cautionary journey through the history of media that reveals how every open frontier of communication eventually falls to corporate empires.
- 07
Blockchain Chicken Farm
Xiaowei Wang
A surreal, empathetic journey into the physical places where the digital economy actually lives and breathes.
- 08
Currency wars
James Rickards
An urgent, high-stakes exploration of the hidden financial battles threatening the stability of the global economy.
- 09
The Attention Merchants
Tim Wu
A revelatory, slightly unsettling journey through the history of how our focus became the world's most valuable commodity.
- 10
The One Device
Brian Merchant
A globetrotting, investigative journey that shatters the myth of the lone genius to reveal the sprawling, messy human reality behind a sleek modern marvel.
- 11
The Prize
Daniel Yergin · 1991
A sweeping, high-stakes epic that reveals the hidden, viscous lifeblood of modern geopolitics and human ambition.
- 12
How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
A bracing, data-drenched cold plunge into the physical realities and hidden infrastructures that keep modern civilization running.
