Ask HN: What are some books that changed how you think?

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

I felt it was about systems and how we can never truly eliminate or remove them from our lives but only replace them with other ones. A hard lesson for me to learn but I feel it really changed the way I look at the world.

The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Those are the two to start with.

Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. I prefer the latter, but they're both great books.

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Dawkins' book showed me a counter argument to the "irreducible complexity" argument that made sense on a very fundamental level

The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Those are the two to start with.

I prefer the latter, but they're both great books.

The Black Swan - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I highly recommend it for a technical person.

Catch-22

the one book that I consider the single most life-changing book of all