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Re:Ask HN: Older textbooks/papers you consider classics stil... by ianai on Friday November 16, 2018 @10:06PM (#18473687)
Not sure you’re looking for philosophy, but I keep a translation of the Tao Te Ching nearby at all times. It’s helped me stay centered and humble.

Just to go meta: whatever book you learned something from originally/in college you should keep. It might not always be the best, but keeping the context of your original understanding can really help and speed up recollection when needed. (This probably applies most to textbooks used for whole classes as opposed to minor topic references.)

Re:Ask HN: Older textbooks/papers you consider classics stil... by otohp on Saturday November 17, 2018 @07:13PM (#18478144)
Good idea! I am a complete sucker for tracking down CS textbooks from my courses 20 plus years ago. And I like the hard copy versions. My outlook is, an engineer is known by the books he keeps.