Call me old-fashioned, but why would I read boring self-help books when there are thousands of books available, from all ages, that document the human experience? For instance:
- Makers (Cory Doctorow) -- I recommend this to every entrepreneur and technologist I know, if only because it will inspire you to create something great.
- Masters of Doom (David Kushner) -- History of id software
- Game Over (David Sheff) -- History of Nintendo; seriously wild
Wow thats the first time I've ever seen Ibn Rushd mentioned on HN, may I also suggest people read Ghazalis "The incoherence of the philosophers" which Ibn Rushds book as actually a response too. Both are eye opening.
I agree that the scope of books that entrepreneurs would find helpful should be wider. I'd recommend some that might be a
little easier to get through (just of the top of my head):
-Losing my virginity (Branson)
-How to win friends and influence people (Carnegie)
- Scriptures of the major religions
- The Conquest of Happiness (Bertrand Russell)
- On Aggression (Konrad Lorenz)
- Crowds and Power (Elias Canetti)
- LSD, My Problem Child (Albert Hofmann)
- Huis Clos (J.P. Sartre)
- Essays by Michel de Montaigne
- The Incoherence of the Incoherence (Ibn Rushd)