(And yes, I'm sure I'm romanticizing what I read in my formative years. Like, in retrospect +++The Mentor+++ wasn't incredible. But still, I doubt the sources are the same.)
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The Pentagon Papers Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Beezelbub's Tales to his Grandson (well, it's kinda impossible to read if you value your time and sanity). SF, but nothing published after 1983—the time machine hadn't been invented yet. There is a cultural gap.
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Of course, not the entire 7000 pages. Just what got published in book form around then. My takeaway was not quite the same as Gelb (the guy in charge of compiling them), but I agree it wasn't the lying. IMO, more the arrogance and lack of empathy. https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/what-post-missed-episode …
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In my early 20s I was either in undergrad or master's level engineering classes, so most of my reading consisted of sentences that began with "Assume there is..." or "Let there be a..." I *do* remember reading Tracy Kidder's "Soul of A New Machine" during those years.
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I never read that. Did you appreciate it?
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I used to read a lot of stuff from Isaac Asimov, still love those books

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Foundation Forever!
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I rarely read (past and present) books about tech. I like biographies and history. I remember at one point a lot of CS people liked sci fi, but I had/have 0 interest.
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Biographies and history form the bulk of my pleasure reading.
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