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A quick heuristic is that older books that are still relevant today are more likely to remain relevant in the future. I don't know much about design books, but
by idoh 11y ago
A quick heuristic is that older books that are still relevant today are more likely to remain relevant in the future. I don't know much about design books, but I would bet on Tufte books to remain relevant for a long time. Any really old book that is still in print would be a good candidate, and the older the more likely to stay relevant.
Other books that will be around for decades (or more) (to pick some non design things): The Bible, SICP, Feynman's Lectures, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Shakespeare.
- veddox 11y agoHaving done a paper on cyber war for school, I was surprised to find that the two books that were quoted most often by war theorists were Carl von Clausewitz's "Vom Kriege" and Sun-Tzu's "The Art of War" - one is 200 years old, the other 2000...