I have an awfully long commute each day (around 3 hours) and spend most of the time reading fiction (scifi and fantasy).
I do this for two reasons:
1. It's fun.
2. In fiction authors have the liberty to go dip shit crazy with their possibilities. They can even change the inertia of the universe they are in.
I also think reading this kind of books helps to think outside the box and often helps to get a fresh view on problems I'm working on.
It also helps me relax my mind while reading, which I feel is a prerequisite for it to work properly.
PS: here are some of the works I particularly enjoyed lately:
Howey, Hugh.: Wool (and the entire Silo saga, very good read); Sanderson, Brandon: Mistborn: The Final Empire and the sequels (Sanderson is a genius when it comes to creating consistent universes); Phillips, Richard: The second ship (trilogy, contemporary argumented with alien technology); Corey, James S. A.: Leviathan Awakes (expanse series)
I do this for two reasons:
1. It's fun.
2. In fiction authors have the liberty to go dip shit crazy with their possibilities. They can even change the inertia of the universe they are in.
I also think reading this kind of books helps to think outside the box and often helps to get a fresh view on problems I'm working on.
It also helps me relax my mind while reading, which I feel is a prerequisite for it to work properly.
PS: here are some of the works I particularly enjoyed lately:
Howey, Hugh.: Wool (and the entire Silo saga, very good read); Sanderson, Brandon: Mistborn: The Final Empire and the sequels (Sanderson is a genius when it comes to creating consistent universes); Phillips, Richard: The second ship (trilogy, contemporary argumented with alien technology); Corey, James S. A.: Leviathan Awakes (expanse series)