How do you measure the value? I treasure these books, they've brought me so much joy over the years. They've likely not affected my career trajectory much, but they've absolutely enriched my personal life.
There wasn’t anything useful in these books I didn’t already know from an extensive binge into CS theory and practice. There was no new insights either.
There was a lot of useless knowledge that wasted time to cover, like how to optimize for his totally made up machine language.
Exactly. It’s hard define value. Did some random thing you read lead to some other insight? Can you link them directly? I think societies relentless pursuit of productivity and ROI has killed the creativity that comes from general knowledge.
adastra22|2 years ago
There was a lot of useless knowledge that wasted time to cover, like how to optimize for his totally made up machine language.
stonogo|2 years ago
matwood|2 years ago