Bill Burnett；Dave Evans

4.3947 learners

Based on Stanford’s beloved life design course, *Designing Your Life* delivers a practical, actionable framework to help you break free from stagnation, reframe unchangeable "gravity problems," and escape self-imposed "anchor problems." It guides you to assess your life holistically using the HWPL Dashboard (Health, Work, Play, Love), craft aligned workviews and lifeviews, and leverage flow states to uncover your true passions. The book introduces transformative tools like the Odyssey Plan (three distinct 5-year life visions), low-risk prototyping experiences to test paths without overinvesting, and strategies to tap into hidden job markets. It also teaches multi-perceptual decision-making to make confident choices and an "infinite game" mindset to embrace failure as growth fuel. Whether navigating career transitions, seeking work-life balance, or redefining purpose, this book turns abstract self-discovery into concrete steps to build an authentic, fulfilling life tailored to you.

Kevin Kelly

4.3454 learners

In *What Technology Wants*, visionary Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly upends our rigid views of tech as cold tools or looming threats. Drawing from decades of hands-on experience—from living off-grid to building early online communities—he argues technology is not a human invention to control, but a living, evolving "technium"—the 7th kingdom of life, extending 4 billion years of cosmic evolution. Kelly unpacks how exotropy (the force of order against entropy) drives tech’s inevitable trajectory: convergent evolution mirrors biological patterns, with key inventions emerging independently across cultures. He explores tech’s dual nature—its ability to expand human freedom and potential, yet risk eroding connection and autonomy. Using the Amish’s deliberate tech selection as a model, he offers a roadmap for co-evolving with tech: not rejecting it, but choosing mindfully to align its growth with human values, turning the "infinite game" of tech evolution into a partnership that enriches both humanity and the cosmos.