These lists are not comprehensive. Please suggest more books and films to include here.

Reading Recommendations:

1. Scott Aaronson. Quantum Computing since Democritus (2013).
2. Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, and Julie Sussman. Structure and Interpretation of Computer (1996).
3. Lera Boroditsky. 7,000 Universes: How the Language We Speak Shapes the Way We Think (2018).
4. Dustin Boswell and Trevor Foucher. The Art of Readable Code: Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code (2011).
5. Nigel Cross. Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work (2011).
6. Guy Deutscher. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages (2011).
7. Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (1999).
8. Benjamin C. Pierce. Types and Programming Languages (2002).
9. Charles Petzold. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (1999).
10. Robert Cecil Martin. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (2008).
11. Steve McConnell. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (1993).
12. Steven S Skiena. The Algorithm Design Manual (2010).
13. Richard Royall and R.J. Tibshirani. Statistical Evidence Hardcover (1997).
14. Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne. Algorithms (2010).
15. Joseph Williams and Joseph Bizup. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (2016)

Film Recommendations:

1. Tron (1982).
2. WarGames (1983).
3. Pi (1998).
4. The Matrix (1999).
5. Office Space (1999).
6. A Beautiful Mind (2001).
7. The Social Network (2010).
8. Her (2013).
9. Ex Machina (2014).
10. The Imitation Game (2014).
11. Transcendence (2014).
12. The Circle (2017).