Articles, Ideas, Books and/or Concepts that have changed your life
Recommendations from 55 sampled comments out of 55 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
58 books
maheshcr · Mar 22, 2008
Godel, Escher & Bach - Douglas Hofstadter. Barely made it to 4th chapter but that alone has shattered opinions I held about my style of thinking.
bumbledraven · Mar 22, 2008
The Goal, by Eliyahu Goldratt (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0884270610). Most real-world systems have a single constraint that limit the system's ability to achieve goal units.