Martian
I like Matt Damon as the astronaut Mark Watney in Ridley Scott’s film adaptation of ‘The Martian’ by Alex Weir. But as is often the case, the book is far more powerful. Weir is one of the world’s most skilful living science fiction writers. But he has also unwittingly written one of the best case studies you’ll ever read on entrepreneurship, resilience and the circular economy. The fact that it’s fiction – grounded in science-based research – takes nothing away from the lessons and inspiration on offer about resource scarcity, creative adaptation and closing the loop on energy and material flows.
— Wayne Visser
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