# Reinventing the Renaissance

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Reinventing the Renaissance and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers praise it as an excellent, delightful book, full of facts, opinions and humor, written with real expertise and diligence. No criticism was posted.

## Why people recommend it

- Highly recommended and relevant (2 comments): "Good stuff, and highly recommended." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48604276)) "this book is highly relevant" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599938))
- Expertise, diligence and many facts (1 comments): "This is an excellent, delightful book filled with facts, opinions, humor and a level of expertise and diligence" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48603324))
- Delightful, humorous writing (1 comments): "This is an excellent, delightful book filled with facts, opinions, humor and a level of expertise and diligence" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48603324))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1349339369?tag=YOURTAG-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/YOURID/9781349339365) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Reinventing the Renaissance", https://hackerapproved.com/p/reinventing-the-renaissance/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).