I'm sorry, but I really don't know why this is front-page hacker news. Is this somebody famous or something?
- Starts out by linking to somebody's book
- States its thesis "Engineers should read"
- It then reasons out that famous people advocate books, and then speculates this is related to their success [causal?]
- Proposes which book one reads doesn't matter
- Charges the reader to read the book over 2 weeks
- Speculates that reading helps spot analogies to current life situations.
- Repeats thesis statement.