I think that everyone should read The Idea Factory, for a reason similar to the reason that everyone should learn Lisp. Bell Labs no longer exists, and you wil

I think that everyone should read The Idea Factory, for a reason similar to the reason that everyone should learn Lisp. Bell Labs no longer exists, and you will never get to work there; but you can learn how research and supervision could be done, and that will help you route around whatever damage keeps the handbrake on at the place where you do work.