Non-fiction reading recommendations

If you're not limiting the subjects to issues related to free software, I recommend Richard Feynman's books. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is wonderful. I believe all of Feynman's autobiographical books were transcribed by his friend, Ralph Leighton, from tape recordings of Feynman telling his stories.

I also recommend Ralph Leighton's book about Feynman's efforts to travel to Tuva, "Tuva or Bust!"

I recommend "On Liberty", by Stuart Mill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Liberty

+1 for anything by Feynman (as a point of interest, it was noted in 'Free as in Freedom' that Stallman was influenced by Feynman - maybe this accounts for some of his personality traits e.g. a loathing of honors and authority).

As for some recommendations, anything by Carl Sagan is absolutely terrific. 'Cosmos' is the all-time classic, but I also found 'Pale Blue Dot' and 'Dragons of Eden' terribly interesting too.

Also, for more free software literature, 'Code 2.0' is a great book about the evolution (or potential devolution) of digital technology by Lawrence Lessig.

Think Fast, Thinking Slow by Daniel Kahneman - it's his popularization of his work which got him the Nobel

Justice by Michael J. Sandel - an influential Harvard political and moral philosophy course turned into a book

Thank you guys! You seem to have good taste in books judging by the subjects.

These should keep me warm in the evenings.

I won't be posting more thank you notices but I'll be grateful for more suggestions.

So little time, so much to read, wonderful!

Also Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. His two best known classics from Project Gutenberg. Both have influenced people like Ghandi and the founders of the British Labour movement.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/205

George Orwell: '1984'; 'Animal Farm'

Hans-Hermann Hoppe: 'Democracy, The God That Failed'; 'Myth of National Defense, The Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production'; 'A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism'

Stephan Kinsella: 'Against Intellectual Property'

Boldrin & Levine: 'Against Intellectual Monopoly'

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