# Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand

> Every podcast that mentioned Whole Earth Discipline, what was said, and on which episode. Compiled by Podshelf from episode transcripts.

- Book page: https://podshelf.io/books/9781101148037
- ISBN-13: 9781101148037
- First published: 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Topics: Environment & conservation
- Mentioned 2 times across 2 podcasts, 0 top picks
- 1 mention of those is the author talking about their own book

An icon of the environmental movement outlines a provocative approach for reclaiming our planetAccording to Stewart Brand, a lifelong environmentalist who sees everything in terms of solvable design problems, three profound transformations are under way on Earth right now. Climate change is real and is pushing us toward managing the planet as a whole. Urbanization—half the world's population now lives in cities, and eighty percent will by midcentury—is altering humanity's land impact and weal...

## Where it was mentioned

### [The a16z Show](https://podshelf.io/podcasts/the-a16z-show): 1 mention

- 2026-05-20, [Marc Andreessen on AI, California, and the Future of America | Joe Rogan](https://podshelf.io/podcasts/the-a16z-show/episodes/ep_6anlxeq96gndxbvw): recommended
  > “Stuart Brand is one of the original environmentalists. Wrote a whole book talking about how this whole thing was a huge mistake.” — Marc Andreessen (host)

### [The Tim Ferriss Show](https://podshelf.io/podcasts/the-tim-ferriss-show): 1 mention

- 2017-11-21, [#281: Stewart Brand - The Polymath of Polymaths](https://podshelf.io/podcasts/the-tim-ferriss-show/episodes/ep_mlavxnppmlerkqo9): neutral, from the author
  > “in 2010 i came out with a book which was basically about the rise of equal pragmatism that i called whole earth discipline”