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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Technology
Levy's chronicle of the MIT, hardware-hacker, and game-hacker cultures that shaped modern computing. The book Carmack credits as formative reading in his teenage years - the seed of the id Software ethos itself.
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John Carmack
Carmack has called Levy's Hackers a formative book from his teenage years. He also re-cited it as a key influence during his Lex Fridman Podcast appearance (#309).
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Donald Knuth
“incredibly well written tale of our times”
From the list of books Knuth heartily recommends on his Stanford page.
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Tobi Lütke
“How I wish I could time travel back and toss this book into my teenage hands. How did I miss this.”