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A great many things brought on the Awakening. A few in no particular order:
 
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The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet by Alan Kay
00:05:52 Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras. 00:06:58 Dijkstra once wrote a paper with the title On the Fact That the Atlantic Has Two Sides. Alan wrote a rebuttal paper called On the Fact That Most of the Software Is Written on One Side of the Atlantic.
The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet by Alan Kay
https://catonmat.net/videos/the-computer-revolution-hasnt-happened-yet
The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet by Alan Kay
 
Beating the Averages
April 2001, rev. April 2003 (This article is derived from a talk given at the 2001 Franz Developer Symposium.) In the summer of 1995, my friend Robert Morris and I started a startup called Viaweb. Our plan was to write software that would let end users build online stores.
Beating the Averages
http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html
 
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - Wikipedia
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution ( ISBN 0-385-19195-2) is a book by Steven Levy about hacker culture. It was published in 1984 in Garden City, New York by Nerraw Manijaime/ Doubleday. Levy describes the people, the machines, and the events that defined the Hacker Culture and the Hacker Ethic, from the early mainframe hackers at MIT, to the self-made hardware hackers and game hackers.
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - Wikipedia
 
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Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace [Semler, Ricardo] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Success-Behind-Unusual-Workplace/dp/0446670553
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
 
The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition
Amazon.com: The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition (Audible Audio Edition): Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, David Weinberger, Jake McKee, Brian A Morris, The Garamond Agency, Inc.: Books
The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition
https://www.amazon.com/Cluetrain-Manifesto-10th-Anniversary/dp/B00846YFOO
The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition
 
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary [Eric S. Raymond] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
https://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-Bazaar-Musings-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0596001088
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
 
Linus Torvalds - Wikipedia
( Linus Benedict Torvalds ( LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz ,[3] Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] listen ); born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the lead developer of the Linux kernel, used by Linux distributions and other operating systems such as Android.
Linus Torvalds - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
Linus Torvalds - Wikipedia
 
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the New Economy: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business
Amazon.com: The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the New Economy: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business (Audible Audio Edition): Pekka Himanen, Linus Torvalds, Manuel Castells, Oliver Wyman, Random House Audio: Audible Books & Originals
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the New Economy: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business
https://www.amazon.com/Hacker-Ethic-Spirit-New-Economy/dp/B00005AVX6
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the New Economy: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business
 
Masters of Doom - Wikipedia
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture is a 2003 book by David Kushner about id Software and its influence on popular culture, focusing chiefly on the video-game company's co-founders John Carmack and John Romero.
Masters of Doom - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom
Masters of Doom - Wikipedia
 
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition [Goldratt, Eliyahu M.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition
https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement/dp/0884271951
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition
 
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action [Sinek, Simon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
https://www.amazon.com/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/1591846447/
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
 
Philosopher king - Wikipedia
According to Plato, a philosopher king is a ruler who possesses a love of wisdom, as well as intelligence, reliability, and a willingness to live a simple life. Such are the rulers of his utopian city Kallipolis. For such a community to ever come into being, Plato said "philosophers [must] become kings...or those now called kings [must]...genuinely and adequately philosophize".
Philosopher king - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher_king
Philosopher king - Wikipedia
 
Luke Skywalker - Wikipedia
Luke Skywalker Star Wars character First appearance Star Wars (1977) Created by George Lucas Portrayed by Mark Hamill Voiced by C.
Luke Skywalker - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Skywalker
Luke Skywalker - Wikipedia
 
For Us, the Living - Wikipedia
For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It was written in 1938 and published for the first time in 2003. Heinlein admirer and science fiction author Spider Robinson titled his introductory essay "RAH DNA", as he believes this first, unpublished novel formed the DNA of Heinlein's later works.
For Us, the Living - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Us,_the_Living
For Us, the Living - Wikipedia
 
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Paul Graham (programmer) - Wikipedia
Paul Graham (; born 13 November 1964) is an English-born American computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his blog, and Hacker News.
Paul Graham (programmer) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer)
Paul Graham (programmer) - Wikipedia
 
Marc Andreessen - Wikipedia
Marc Lowell Andreessen ( ann-DREE-sən ; born July 9, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Marc Andreessen - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen
Marc Andreessen - Wikipedia
 
Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor and architect.
Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia
 
Steve Jobs - Wikipedia
Steven Paul Jobs (; February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc.; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT.
Steve Jobs - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
Steve Jobs - Wikipedia
 
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos
 
Elon Musk - Wikipedia
Elon Reeve Musk (; born June 28, 1971) is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
Elon Musk - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
Elon Musk - Wikipedia
 
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
 
Arjuna - Wikipedia
Arjuna ( Sanskrit: अर्जुन, IAST: Arjuna ), also known as Partha and Dhananjaya, is one of the major characters of the Indian epic Mahabharata and also appears in other ancient Hindu texts including the Bhagavata Purana. In the epic, he is the third among Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu.
Arjuna - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjuna
Arjuna - Wikipedia
 
Vedas - Wikipedia
There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. Each Veda has four subdivisions - the Samhitas ( mantras and benedictions), the Aranyakas (text on rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices and symbolic-sacrifices), the Brahmanas (commentaries on rituals, ceremonies and sacrifices), and the Upanishads (texts discussing meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge).
Vedas - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas
Vedas - Wikipedia
 
Warren Buffett - Wikipedia
Warren Edward Buffett ( BUFF-itt ; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world and has a net worth of over $102.1 billion as of December 2021, making him the world's tenth-wealthiest person.
Warren Buffett - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett
Warren Buffett - Wikipedia
 
Peter Lynch - Wikipedia
Peter Lynch (born January 19, 1944) is an American investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist. As the manager of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments between 1977 and 1990, Lynch averaged a 29.2% annual return, consistently more than double the S&P 500 stock market index and making it the best-performing mutual fund in the world.
Peter Lynch - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lynch
Peter Lynch - Wikipedia
 
Pablo Picasso - Wikipedia
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 - 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore.
Pablo Picasso - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
Pablo Picasso - Wikipedia
 
M. C. Escher - Wikipedia
Maurits Cornelis Escher ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʌurɪt͡s kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛʃər] ; 17 June 1898 - 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for most of his life neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands.
M. C. Escher - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher
M. C. Escher - Wikipedia
 
Salvador Dalí - Wikipedia
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; Catalan: [səlβ̞əˈð̞o dəˈli]; Spanish: [salβ̞aˈð̞oɾ daˈli]; 11 May 1904 - 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.
Salvador Dalí - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
Salvador Dalí - Wikipedia
 
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Wikipedia
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP ) is a computer science textbook by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman. It is known as the Wizard Book in hacker culture. It teaches fundamental principles of computer programming, including recursion, abstraction, modularity, and programming language design and implementation.
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Wikipedia
 
The New New Thing - Wikipedia
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story is a book by Michael M. Lewis published in 1999 by W. W. Norton & Company.
The New New Thing - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_New_Thing
The New New Thing - Wikipedia
 
PARC (company) - Wikipedia
PARC ( Palo Alto Research Center; formerly Xerox PARC) is a research and development company in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 1969 by Jacob E.
PARC (company) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)
PARC (company) - Wikipedia
 
Advaita Vedanta - Wikipedia
Advaita Vedānta (; Sanskrit: अद्वैत वेदान्त, IAST: Advaita Vedānta ) is a school of Hindu philosophy and "spiritual experience." The term Advaita (literally, "non-secondness") refers to the idea that alone is ultimately real, while the transient phenomenal world is an illusory appearance () of Brahman, and the experiencing self () is identical with Brahman.
Advaita Vedanta - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta - Wikipedia
 
Welcome to Your Own Self
Welcome to the iRealization, we're here for a few things: The first book, the foundation. The second book , a collection of questions, answers, and conversations. Art and shorts for daily contemplation. Tune into live conversations, and recorded here for posterity. Listen up . An online place to share content and conversations.
Welcome to Your Own Self
https://irealization.com/
Welcome to Your Own Self
 
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