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A comment on Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?.

Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by pokler on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:44PM (#19088988)
Two come to mind for me.

The first is Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky. This was the first political book I had ever read and it completely rocked my world. I knew the US was involved in some nefarious stuff, but never to that extent. Completely changed the way I read news / history & how I react to current events.

The other book is Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon.

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Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by obelos on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:49AM (#19093023)
Your description of that Chomsky book reminds me of my experience reading Foucault and his exegesis of power.
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