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(from Wikipedia) Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. It examines the mythological thinking at the heart of modern civilization, its effect on ethics, and how this relates to sustainability and societal collapse on the global scale.
Just got done reading Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, most if it was pretty insightful, especially the stories in the beginning. The executive management parts I skimmed over in the middle and some parts were really irrelevant for early stage companies but overall it was a good read and informative. Peter Thiel's book Zero To One is on pre-order, but you can pre-order and then get a pre-print edition ma…
The hard thing about hard things is by Ben Horowitz :)
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Hacker News stories which contains plenty of book recommendations (sorted by points, labeled by topic):
Science Fiction: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2978027
Computer Science: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3595599
General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1752139
Design: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3276986
Computer Science: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1636275
Developing mental models and increasing cognition: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3277457
Quant finance: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3177815
General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663662
General (non software): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1226736
Math: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=665029
General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=875686
Entrepreneur: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2928211
Statistics: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=902074
Philosophy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1503137
General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1865350
Math for beginners: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=755043
Military strategy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=456275
General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797070
Investing: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248469
"I want to start a web company": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1567456
I binge-read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. If you're looking for something religious-y, start with the brilliant Small Gods.
Currently reading Flash Boys by Michael Lewis, which is about High Frequency Trading in Wall Street which is interesting for the technology involved.
Favorite book of all time is Frank Herbert's Dune, the six books are great in fact.
Every year or so I repost this. Hopefully you'll find something interesting in here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6078221 --- Hacker News stories which contains plenty of book recommendations (sorted by points, labeled by topic): Science Fiction: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2978027 Computer Science: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3595599 General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1752139 Design…
Buddhism / Religion / ... :
- Siddartha - Hermann Hesse
- The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Science:
- A brief history of time - Stephen Hawking (space, time)
- The Blind Watchmaker - Richard Dawkins (evolution)
- Le cerveau intime - Marc Jeannerod (in french only)
Science-fiction:
- The Road - Cormack Mc Carthy
- City - Clifford D. Simack
- Time is the simplest thing - Clifford D. Simack
- Ringworld - Larry Niven