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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
The fact that this book tries to cover everything is it's biggest asset and disappointment. Buried in metaphor, analogy, and vast abstraction, the chapters blur, concepts intertwine, and eyes become strained. That said, if taken at a leisurely pace the ideas in this book are fundamental to anything remotely tech-philosophy related today. It give you a new appreciation for socio-linguistics, dusty mathematicians, programming, and what it means to be a person. Be bold, give it a try, but if the fatigue gets to you, you're not missing anything a summary couldn't convey.