Book Summaries
Economic/Political Philosophy
- Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man (summary). Avon Books, 1992. The triumph
of Western-style liberal democracy combined with capitalism is not an accident--it owes
its success to trans-historical invariants.
- For a lighter take on a similar idea to Fukuyama's, try P.J. O'Rourke's hilarious (but
insightful) Eat The Rich.
Software and System Design
- Nancy Leveson, Safeware: System Safety and Computers. Addison-Wesley, 1995. AF
- Nathan Borenstein, Programming As If People Mattered. AF
- Fred Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month.
Software Industry
- Jim McCarthy, Dynamics of Software Development. Seattle: Microsoft Press, 1996. AF
- Andy Grove, High Output Management.
- Geoffrey Moore, Inside the Tornado.
Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society
- Freeman Dyson, Imagined Worlds. AF
- Larry Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. AF
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