[bbarn]

I kind of disagree. Knowing what to learn is hard. You have two choices, listen to the advice of others, or learn everything. The latter isn't practical, so I appreciate seeing lists like this. If I see a book on 2 or 3 of these lists, it makes me at least curious to read it if I haven't.

[swiley]

I prefer learning what I find interesting, since I'll learn the most that way. I suppose that gets informed by the advice of others to some extent though.