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by worldmerge 1549 days ago
I think maybe some of the history books could do it for cs. Like I'm very early into the book Crypto Anarchy, Cyber States and Pirate Utopias (2002 MIT PRESS), and it's kinda interesting. I'm not sure how the later parts are but chapter 1 is interesting. It definitely has an audience in mind but I think it could be an interesting book for someone outside of CS.
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It stays interesting, or at least it did for me. A lot of the thoughts in there capture the spirit of reflection during a long since ended period of the Internet but there are some timeless ideas as well. Enjoy!
For me it was the german book "Das Chaos Computer Buch", which is basically a retelling of CCC shennanigans in the 80s. It has just the right mix of adventure, humour and technicality to get a 13 year old interested in hacking and computers.