Crime and punishment - made me open minded and try to put myself in other person's shoes. This helped me alot to be less judging.
Ask HN: What books have most influenced the way you see the world?
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#52The Dune series, especially "Dune Messias", made me a vocal critic of organized religion. Books by Vernor Vinge made me a liberal (european meaning, pro free markets and individual responsibility). Ken McLeod made me aware of the rich history and valid points of communism and socialism, even when I'm still not a fan. Iain M. Banks showed me that an AI-enabled future doesn't have to be a distopia. He also made me awar…
I really liked dune 1 . But God I hated dune 2 and dune 3. I tried so hard to like 2 and 3. What's your opinion. I would be curious to know
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#53East of Eden - timshel "thou mayest"
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#54The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins
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#55Bunch of Eastern stuff...Hagakure, Book of 5 rings, art of war, tao te ching
Subtle art of not giving a fuck, The art of happiness
But the one book I always keep...The boy scout handbook
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#56Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) - classic book of objectivism , self proud and wealth
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson) - awesome analytics book about wealth source
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith) - classic book about source of money and economic processes
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#57It's quite trendy at the moment, but Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari was quite the life changing book. As well as An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Commander Chris Hadfield was a rather inspirational tale.
HomoDeus is indeed wonderful
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#58The Bible for sure is #1
As an atheist, I am curious what in the Bible has influenced you.
I read it and I found that without the faith part (which makes it a book important to you, no matter if you like it or not) it reads as a story like others. I am not trying to be critical in any way, it is that I failed to find really deep thoughts inside, which would make me think after reading it.
It is full of stories which have a moral, not different from many others and not thought provoquing (of course this is my personal opinion) - as a casual reader I be glad to be pointed to such parts there.
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#59Surprised nobody has yet mentioned "Waking Up" by Sam Harris.
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#60Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist - because it wonderfully describes the journey of an entrepreneur