Re: [Trisquel-users] Non-fiction reading recommendations

2013-11-13 Thread mikko . viinamaki 

Thank you guys! You seem to have good taste in books judging by the subjects.

These should keep me warm in the evenings.

I won't be posting more thank you notices but I'll be grateful for more  
suggestions.


So little time, so much to read, wonderful!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Non-fiction reading recommendations

2013-11-13 Thread uedibupi 

George Orwell: 1984; Animal Farm

Hans-Hermann Hoppe:  Democracy, The God That Failed; Myth of
National Defense, The Essays on the Theory and History of Security  
Production; A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism


Stephan Kinsella: Against Intellectual Property

Boldrin  Levine: Against Intellectual Monopoly

United States Pirate Party: No Safe Harbor

Re: [Trisquel-users] Non-fiction reading recommendations

2013-11-12 Thread TralfamadorianOrator 
If you're not limiting the subjects to issues related to free software, I  
recommend Richard Feynman's books. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! is  
wonderful. I belive all of Feynman's autobiographical books were transcribed  
by his friend, Ralph Leighton, from tape recordings of Feynman telling his  
stories.


I also recommend Ralph Leighton's book about Feynman's efforts to travel to  
Tuva, Tuva or Bust!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Non-fiction reading recommendations

2013-11-12 Thread mikko . viinamaki 

All subjects are welcome. I like fiction but prefer non-fiction. :)

Thanks for the suggestion, these seem interesting.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Non-fiction reading recommendations

2013-11-12 Thread shiretoko 

1000+
This book is awsome, Feynman is the best!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Non-fiction reading recommendations

2013-11-12 Thread jbar 

I recommend On Liberty, by Stuart Mill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Liberty

Re: [Trisquel-users] Non-fiction reading recommendations

2013-11-12 Thread ahj 
+1 for anything by Feynman (as a point of interest, it was noted in 'Free as  
in Freedom' that Stallman was influenced by Feynman - maybe this accounts for  
some of his personality traits e.g. a loathing of honors and authority).


As for some recommendations, anything by Carl Sagan is absolutely terrific.  
'Cosmos' is the all-time classic, but I also found 'Pale Blue Dot' and  
'Dragons of Eden' terribly interesting too.


Also, for more free software literature, 'Code 2.0' is a great book about the  
evolution (or potential devolution) of digital technology by Lawrence Lessig.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Non-fiction reading recommendations

2013-11-12 Thread leny2010 
Think Fast, Thinking Slow by Daniel Kahneman - it's his popularization of his  
work which got him the Nobel


Justice by Michael J. Sandel - an influential Harvard political and moral  
philosophy course turned into a book