TLDR: Get educated. Get Angry. Get Inspired. Take the time to read a great book. It's ironic that people are arguing that books are a waste of time - on HN. T

TLDR: Get educated. Get Angry. Get Inspired. Take the time to read a great book. It's ironic that people are arguing that books are a waste of time - on HN. There are certainly too many one-idea books, but there are also many extraordinary, irreplicable works: A Pattern Language, Thinking Fast and Slow, The Landscape of History, The Modern Firm, The Diffusion of Innovations, Bowling Alone, The Life You Can Save, And the Band Played On, and on and on.