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The Age of Spiritual Machines is a somewhat fanciful but fascinating
treatise on the potential effects of a continuance of Moore's Law through
the present century. Our hardcore skepticism prevents us from fully
embracing these ideas, but there is some very compelling reasoning here.
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Nanotechnology is a survey book which chronicles the current
day science and industry of nano, and the possible future innovations and
societal impact thereof. |
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Engines of Creation
is the original nanotech work which
caused such a stir when scientific outcast Eric Drexler first published it
in 1986. Drexler's work continues to provoke controversy, while many
of his basic assumptions are being widely adopted. |
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Extreme
Programming Explained is Kent Beck's introduction to the principles
and practices of XP, which we've adopted as our initial development bible.
XP looks like a great codification of many revelations which we individually
learned the hard way. |
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Becoming a Technical Leader is one of Gerry Weinberg's
simplest and most useful books. Jerry is a long time guru of John
Rae-Grant's, much of John's management philosophy and methodology is derived
from his work. Visit Jerry's site |
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Seeing
Systems is Barry Oshry's definitive work on
organizational patterns of blindness and how we can see ourselves in the
system. Our President, John Rae-Grant, is a staff member of Oshry's
Power Lab, which the book is based on. Visit Barry's site |
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