I would say the most important thing is to stimulate your thinking in different ways, here are a few books that might help in that regard- Technomanifestos: Vi

I would say the most important thing is to stimulate your thinking in different ways, here are a few books that might help in that regard- Technomanifestos: Visions from the Information Revolutionaries by Adam Brate Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History by Manuel De Landa Follow for Now: Interviews with Friends and Heroes edited by Roy Christopher I would also recommend reading the works of Ted Nelson and Buckminster Fuller, as well as some fiction by Neal Stephenson, Robert Anton Wilson and other SF authors.