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Re:What is the single most influential book every programmer... by jnsaff on Monday February 28, 2011 @08:39PM (#2273834)
I'd say every programmer should read 1984 by George Orwell, to always keep in mind the big picture implications of their work.

When I first read it, I got shivers: "this book is about google!"

And after Amazon deleted the very same book from every Kindle remotely ... you could not ask for a more ironic example of how well Orwell predicted things.

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Re:What is the single most influential book every programmer... by billmcneale on Monday February 28, 2011 @10:27PM (#2274133)
> When I first read it, I got shivers: "this book is about google!"

If you read it again today, you would think it's about Apple.

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