[plt-scheme] Great books on algorithms?

On 11/8/07, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote:
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> Is this compromise necessary because of today's culture? Are folks so
> burned out or worried about making ends meet? Or is there no longer a
> perceived value in understanding "that which we do"? Are folks no
> longer introspective?

I don't think modern culture helps, but there is also not much
evidence that the vast majority of the citizens of ancient Greece or
India or China demonstrated the same degree of introspection as did
Socrates or the Buddha or Confucius.

Shriram