Some books: "The Fountainhead" - gave me the gift of self-confidence "The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution" - helps me understand where

Some books: "The Fountainhead" - gave me the gift of self-confidence "The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution" - helps me understand where I come from and where I fit in the Biosphere "The Use of Knowledge in Society" - This, along with other pieces on economics and capitalist anarchism, gave me an appreciation for distributed non-hierarchical systems. (http://www.econlib.org/Library/Essays/hykKnw1.html http://www.econlib.org/Library/Essays/hykKnw1.html) Paul Graham's stuff - Got me to the point where I'm quitting my job in two weeks. I read a ton of fantasy, sci fi, and historical fiction growing up. I'm sure that has something to do with my grand imagination, distaste for authority, and idealism.