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The greatest tech books of all time

1 点作者 alraj将近 2 年前

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jonjacky将近 2 年前
These aren&#x27;t what most people call &#x27;technical books&#x27; - that would be SICP, TAoCP etc. as another commenter said.<p>Instead, these are mostly reporting and memoir about the tech scene and the social effects of tech from a critical point of view. That&#x27;s a valid category, and these books are okay, some are quite good. BUT they are almost all from the last few years - I would expect &#x27;greatest of all time&#x27; to include some true classics.<p>My own candidate for greatest of all time in this category is <i>Computer Power and Human Reason</i> by Joseph Weizenbaum (1976). He wrote Eliza, the very first AI chat program, almost sixty years ago. I reread this book recently and it is still very pertinent, especially his discussion of AI.<p>Other classics in this category:<p><i>Tools for Conviviality</i> Ivan Illich (1973)<p><i>The Technological Society</i> Jacques Ellul (1954, English translation 1964)<p><i>The Human Use of Human Beings</i> Norbert Wiener (1950)<p><i>Technics and Civilization</i> Lewis Mumford (1934)<p>I admit I have only read brief excerpts from these -- but they have all been influential.<p>[edit: I see I overlooked the &#x27;still in print&#x27; restriction. BUT if you want &#x27;the greatest of all time&#x27; you have to relax that.]
eimrine将近 2 年前
None of these 10 books are GOAT.<p>Inmates running the asylum should be here if we are talking about tech books for girls. SICP and TAoCP should be here if we are talking about tech textbooks.
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