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While perhaps more esoteric than practical, as a programmer, this might be relatable:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-circuit_model_of_consciousness

At any rate, the books listed such as Cosmic Trigger and more specifically Prometheus Rising, as well as Wilson’s later Quantum Psychology, are all very accessible examinations of the human experience from various perspectives and schools of thought, and certainly facilitate healthy self-reflection and awareness.

Edited to add another great work related to this subject:

Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer

They are all trained on the Supercommunist pamphlets they got in Union Square. They’re gonna karate chop our cars from out our garages!

This is the comment I came looking for. Thank you, Dr. Bob.

FYI: You have your link/description mixed up. This article is about wildfire in southern France.

Being There (1979)

True Stories (1986)

Waking Life (2001)

Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Deleuze and Guattari had an enormous impact on the entire field of philosophy, which of course in turn has impacted practically every aspect of our modern understanding of the human condition post Freudian lunacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deleuze_and_Guattari