HACKER Q&A
📣 mixeden

What book has had the greatest impact on your life?


What book has had the greatest impact on your life?


  👤 mikewarot Accepted Answer ✓
"The Boys Second book of Electronics"[1] by Alfred Morgan. In it I learned the wonders of the CK722 transistor, and it kicked off my love of electronics, and technology as a whole. It completely shifted the direction of my life.

[1] https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Technology/T...


👤 constantinum
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Book by Robert M. Pirsig

Crime and Punishment Novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Thinking, Fast and Slow Book by Daniel Kahneman

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Book by Michael Lewis


👤 Amadeus89
W&P/AK by Tolstoy, with supplementary reading of Gary Saul Morsons books and articles.

👤 waldohatesyou
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

👤 maxisaurus
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight (business-not-so-business book, loved it)

👤 l33tc0de
Man's search for meaning

👤 ganderzz
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

👤 joshxyz
the way of superior man by david deida