1. Incerto by Nassim Taleb This is the first book that gave me a thorough insight into philosophy. Completely changed my worldview. I reread chapters from it e

1. Incerto by Nassim Taleb This is the first book that gave me a thorough insight into philosophy. Completely changed my worldview. I reread chapters from it everyday. It has become my bible. The Incerto strictly focuses on the practical applications of stoic philosophy. 2. All books by Dan Brown The Dan Brown books got me in to reading for fun. While some people may regard his books as thrillers, I consider them hard science fiction. I owe him my reading culture. 3. The age of intelligent machines. 4. The singularity is near. 5. The age of spiritual machines. ... all the above by Raymond Kurzweil These books introduced me to computer science.