one interesting thing i observed is each book you readh changes the way you look at world rather than books, speak with people who read a lot of books and you will appreciate the perspective of the world.
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#12Let It Go by Dame Stephanie Shirley
After leaving school Shirley decided not to go to university but instead to go straight into the world of work.
In the 1950s she worked at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill building computers from scratch and writing code.
She studied at evening classes for six years to obtain a Mathematics degree. In 1959 she moved to CDL Ltd, manufacturers of the ICT 1301 computer.
In 1962, Shirley founded, with a capital of £6, the software company F.I. Group (Freelance Programmers), (later Xansa, since acquired by Steria and now part of the Sogat Group). She was concerned with creating work opportunities for women with dependants, and predominantly employed women, with only 3 out of 300-odd programmers being male, until the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 made that practice illegal. She adopted the name "Steve" to help her in the male-dominated business world. Her team's projects included programming Concorde's black box flight recorder
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#13"The Art of Commonplace" by Wendell Berry. It's a collection of his essays on just about everything. Usually read one, and set the book down to gather the pieces of my blown mind.
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#14The Game by Neil Strauss. I've not turned into a PUA after reading it (it was not the goal) but just after reading the first chapter, I just stood up from my desk and went straight to speak to a girl I was attracted to (but to which I was afraid to speak). I guess that can count as "altering my character". I also second A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine. Applying some of the stoic principles (negative vis…
> I just stood up from my desk and went straight to speak to a girl I was attracted to (but to which I was afraid to speak)
You can't leave us hanging like that man... what happened afterwards?
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#15The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
You can heal your life by Louise Hay
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#16Eat Like You Care: An Examination of the Morality of Eating Animals by Prof. Gary Francione