Ask HN: What was a book that changed your life? 6 years ago
Alan Watts' Wisdom of Insecurity Alan Watts' The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
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Ask HN: What was a book that changed your life? 6 years ago
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright about biological and cultural evolution shaped and directed by "non-zero-sumness" or synergetic interactions.
Ask HN: What was a book that changed your life? 6 years ago
Synergetics by Buckminster Fuller. An amazing and inspiring example of truly original and deep thinking.
Ask HN: What was a book that changed your life? 6 years ago
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter. Brilliant synthesis of thoughts on logic, reasoning, programming, artificial intelligence,…
Ask HN: What was a book that changed your life? 6 years ago
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. The only book I've read twice (at about 18 and again in late twenties.) Deep thoughts on the contrast between "pragmatic" vs "romantic" perspectives on life, and the meaning of "Quality".