New Rules for the New Economy by Kevin Kelly.

"Blunt, tight, and explicitly written not to be obsolesced by The Next Great Web-Business buzzword, New Rules is sure to provoke attitude from the SoMa, Sand Hill Road, and Redmond crowds.... a whirlwind of ideas backed up by evidence."

The Pattern on the Stone by Daniel Hillis.

"Daniel Hillis has made a career of puzzling over the nature of information and the mechanisms that put information to use. Now, he's distilled his accumulated knowledge of computer science into The Pattern on the Stone, a glorious book that reveals the nature of logical machines simply and elegantly."

A Year With Swollen Appendices by Brian Eno.

"Provocateur, cult figure, cerebral rock star, and studio experimentalist, Brian Eno has greatly influenced an encyclopedia of styles--from art rock to punk to world music to techno to ambient music. This diary covers four recording projects in the evolution. "

Release 2.1 by Esther Dyson.

"The wisdom of Dyson's view is that, while the digital age will be vastly different from the one we know, it will be governed by the same forces that have always shaped social organizations. She has given lots of thought to how those forces will interact with specific new technologies and does a convincing job of predicting the shape of things to come in considerable detail."

The Art of the Long View by Peter Schwartz.

"One of the world's leading futurists--who has served as a consultant to clients as diverse as Volvo and the White House--presents a revolutionary guide to planning for the future. A powerful tool for developing strategic vision, this book reveals how to navigate the future by applying the intuitive skills used by artists and musicians."

The Clock of the Long Now by Stewart Brand.

"Using the Millennial Clock-a supremely slow computer that will keep perfect time for the next 10,000 years-as a paradigm for the Long Now, Stewart Brand, called "the least recognized, most influential thinker in America," offers a practical manual that introduces us to the concept of long-term responsibility."