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The Beginning of Infinity by @DavidDeutschOxf Lying by @SamHarrisOrg are probably the 2 books that have most changed the way I think about things in a way that no other books have. As Sam would say, a total firmware Upgrade.

FWIW, I've had a much easier time with David's book than Sam's, despite needing to spend a lot more time with it. I find myself fighting just about everything Sam writes, but FWIW Sam never suggests anything he hasn't himself integrated and seen the consequences of. To a fault.

SICP. Watership Down. Governing the Commons. How Buildings learn. Death and Life of Great American Cities. Cosmos.

I can't say I've ever met someone who told me that Bhatia's book "Matrix Analysis" was important to them. But if I did, I'd feel closer to them. Probably Loren Larson's "Problem Solving Through Problems" as well.

Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman!https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/921220825599979522 …

Probably the book I recommend most frequently to people. So inspiring/playful.

meditations, marcus aurelius although it's not a good name. i think he would have found it pretentious... they were notes to himself.

I feel this way mostly about my favorite books from childhood, like The Westing Game or anything by Diana Wynne Jones. I guess as an adult some books that have felt like this were Infinite Jest, The Fifth Head of Cerberus, and Remains of the Day.