I’ve come to realize that I do not know nearly as much as I ought to. As such, I’m endeavoring to remedy this abysmal realization by reading more non-fiction.
Current things on my list to read:
- Salt – Mark Kurlansky
- Free Culture – Lawrence Lessig (reading this again)
- Chivalry – Maurice Hugh Keen
- Medicine’s 10 Greatest Discoveries – Gerald W. Friedland
- Understanding Physics – Isaac Asimov
- QED – Richard Feynman
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) – Sussman & Abelson
Current hopeful/wishlist (because it’s heady material):
- The Feynman Lectures on Physics – Richard Feynman
Most of the books above are pretty short reads with the exception of the two physics tomes. I’ll be swearing off fiction till I’ve read these and educated myself better in areas I ought to have more knowledge in.