Stan's Influences

Author	Items	Comments
Anderson, Elijah	A Place on the Corner Code of the Street Streetwise Cosmopolitan Canopy, The	Ethnographic books on race relations. I was introduced to Prof. Anderson while he was at Penn.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Anderson
Andrews, David	IRG Solution, The	Posits the idea of "Information Routing Group" as an alternative to hierarchical social media.
Ashby, W. Ross	Design for a Brain	Prof Ashby provides a clue as to what it takes to manage something. Ashby's Law: Variety absorbs variety.
Beer, Stafford	Heart of Enterprise, The
Brill, Steven	Tailspin	The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-year Fall - and Those Fighting to Reverse It.
Diamandis, Peter & Kotler, Steven	Abundance	The Future is Better Than You Think
Victor, Larry	Nuets Nodes	Larry Victor - Nuets Nodes
Greco, Thomas H. Jr.	End Of Money and the Future Of Civilization, The
Hawken, Paul	Drawdown	The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed To Reverse Global Warming
Godin, Seth	Tribes	We Need You To Lead Us
Zinn, Howard	A People's History of the United States
Zuboff, Shoshana	Age of Surveillance Capitalism, The
Mackinnon, Rebecca	Consent of the Networked
Wicks, Judy	Good Morning Beautiful Business
Lakey, George	Viking Economics
Mitteldorf, Josh & Sagan, Darion	Cracking The Aging Code	The new science of growing old - and what it means for staying young
Phillips, Michael	Seven Laws of Money, The
Phillips, Michael & Rasberry, Salli	Honest Business	A Superior Strategy for Starting and Managing Your Own Business
Plexus Institute	Unexpected Gifts	Solve Tough Problems With Adaptive Positive Deviance
Brown, Ellen	Web of Debt, The Public Bank Solution, The
Waldrop, M. Mitchell	Complexity	The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Dawkins, Richard	Selfish Gene, The
Toffler, Alvin	Future Shock
Block, Peter	Answer To How Is Yes, The
Block, Peter	Stewardship - Choosing Service Over Self-Interest

The World Is Flat

This page will eventually hold a list of books and other sources that I have found useful in guiding my thinking... (Stan)