This is an alphabetical version. For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: When Intelligence Goes Wrong
Books about intellectually bright people who wanted to help but ended up creating harm. Or maybe they did not really want to help.
General Premise
- Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault
- A Philosophy of Evil by Lars Svendsen
- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
Fiction / General Premise
- Berlin by Jason Lutes
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
In Business
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
- Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder
In Government
- Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier
- The Challenge Of Africa by Wangari Maathai
- The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro
