Ask HN: Which non-technology book has influenced you the most and why?
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Fripplebubby · Mar 27, 2017GEB holds up almost 40 years later
BatFastard · Mar 27, 20172) Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.
sandworm101 · Mar 27, 2017I've taken much from Dune (see the name)
johngalt · Mar 27, 2017there are truthful elements in both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.
icey · Mar 27, 2017Stoicism helped me build the ability to care about the things in my power to change
canes123456 · Mar 27, 2017Everything in the book is somewhere between simplified and incorrect.
rcarmo · Mar 27, 2017Definitely the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to The Galaxy.
aakash58 · Mar 27, 2017has been inspirational.
jshawl · Mar 27, 2017The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
canes123456 · Mar 27, 2017Antifragile or Fooled by randomness but work
johngalt · Mar 27, 2017there are truthful elements in both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.
niceperson · Mar 27, 2017"The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand.