[jnsaff]

I'd say every programmer should read 1984 by George Orwell, to always keep in mind the big picture implications of their work.

When I first read it, I got shivers: "this book is about google!"

And after Amazon deleted the very same book from every Kindle remotely ... you could not ask for a more ironic example of how well Orwell predicted things.

[billmcneale]

> When I first read it, I got shivers: "this book is about google!"

If you read it again today, you would think it's about Apple.