Original Whole Earth Catalog

By Stewart Brand (editor), Peter Warshall (editor),

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1 author picked Original Whole Earth Catalog as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The Whole Earth Catalog has been inspiring people (including us) to build their own small dwellings since the 60s. Among other things, it’s a how-to manual of construction techniques and a life guide with readers’ recommendations and opinions. Brand coined the term ‘personal computer’ and signed off the final edition of The Whole Earth Catalog in 1974 with “Stay hungry, stay foolish” (famously quoted by Steve Jobs in a commencement speech at Stanford over 30 years later).

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