- Sapiens by Yuval Harari - Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter - Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, Walker -

- Sapiens by Yuval Harari - Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter - Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, Walker - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (changed my outlook, attitude) - Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Nielsen, Chuang - Meditation by Aurelius - (some other deep, high quality novels) - Books by Steven Strogatz - Classical Indian Philosophy by Ganeri - Not a book, but Andrew Ng's old ML MOOC, also LeCun's MOOC. - nand2tetris, SICP __________ Meditation and mindfulness have fundamentally changed my level of effectiveness. They have made me smarter, and fixed some serious problems I had. Regular practice is essential. These books were great: - The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa - Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratna - The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron - Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright - What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula __________ There are many books from many fields that has made me less dumb. I cannot list all of them. You too, should pursue directions of your interest and genuinely enjoy what you do. Enlightenment is choice-of-books invariant.