I am sure there will be willing mechanics, and ways to rip out, disconnect, or fry all of the equipment that either records or transmits data. Free-software cars should also be forthcoming, even if we have to wait another 10 years. After all, they could make cars without software at all, so they should be able to make it with free software only, even if it's behind the curve.

Some folks trust too much
Woe if one is a statesman
Shame on you, Vermont

Or you could just say: "I am 75."

Obviously, you haven't tried not reading it, or you would know EXACTLY what I am talking about. Here's my cure: listen to some Bach, put a drawing of Escher on the wall, and pick up a copy of Enderton's Logic.

Of course not. Whenever anyone gets "found out", a sexy brunette time-policewoman goes back in time an fixes it. Permanently.

You give Pope Francis too much credit. His office is a carbon copy of the office of the high priest, and is a mockery of anything Jesus stood for. Nearly every organized Christian sect starts with rejecting "Part 2" nearly fully, by grossly misinterpreting it.

So, quantity over quality? Really?

All that tells me is that you are probably unemployed.

You forgot to mention why. Why at least 20? Why both fiction and non-fiction? Assuming that everything you read is well-written, what is wrong with only reading blogs and periodicals? What is wrong with only reading non-fiction? What is wrong with only reading fiction? What is wrong with only reading and writing personal correspondence? What is wrong with not reading anything thick for 2 years while writing your own novel?

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Too contrived. The only book one needs is the UTF specification.

For me personally, A Confederacy of Dunces is easily worth the rest of the list. READ IT!

If the point is to expose oneself to good art and literature, then some parts of the Bible should be avoided. I won't name bad books, and I won't name all the good ones, but these are my favorite from the literary point of view:

1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Job
4. Proverbs
5. Ecclesiastes
6. Song of Songs
7. Wisdom
8. Sirach
9. Ezekiel
10. Daniel
11. Luke
12. John
13. Acts
14. Hebrews
15. James
16. Jude

Second. I am not sure it helps anything, but it is one of the best epics you will read.

Have you tried NOT reading it, though? May be you should doing THAT before you pass judgement. As an ardent admirer of the work of all three men in the title, I suspect my mind was spared from yet another piece of quasi-philosophical pulp.