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Stewart Brand

• Book Notes How Buildings Learn
  microMay 22, 2024architecturebookscomplex systemsstewart brand

  My latest post is a deep dive on Stewart Brand’s How Buildings Learn. If you can’t tell from the length, this book is full of gold, and one of my favorites in a long time:

• The Whole Earth Index
  postsOct 17, 2023culturemagazinesholismStewart Brand

  Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Catalog was a counterculture magazine from the 1970s. Ostensibly it was about DIY and self-sufficiency, with a focus on product reviews, but flip through an issue and there's almost no subj…

• We Are As Gods
  postsSep 9, 2022filmdocumentaryStewart Brandenvironmentalism

  Looks like one for the watchlist. We Are As Gods is the first feature film about Brand’s remarkable life. Marrying never-before-seen footage with contemporary interviews, the film chronicles his journey, from his earl…