Ask HN: What are the essential books of knowledge for civilization?

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nyan_sandwich · Oct 18, 2013
some of the books of industrial culture, like Atlas Shrugged
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BWStearns · Oct 15, 2013
Musashi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Five_Rings)
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a3n · Oct 16, 2013
I've always liked this as an exploration of how society would respond to a collapse
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fractallyte · Oct 15, 2013
More crucial lessons from John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids
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hkarthik · Oct 16, 2013
Here's some good sci-fi reading for you: http://www.amazon.com/Lucifers-Hammer-Jerry-Pournelle/dp/044...
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fractallyte · Oct 15, 2013
As David Palmer pointed out in his novel Emergence
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BWStearns · Oct 15, 2013
Influence of Seapower Upon History (Mahan)
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BWStearns · Oct 15, 2013
look at Bobbitt's Shield of Achilles
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