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Comment author: knb 11 November 2011 08:47:05AM 10 points [-]

Economics. I took a lot of econ, and loved it. It really is a powerful framework for understanding the world. Bastiat especially has a lot to teach aspiring rationalists. I would encourage anyone to study programming, even if it's just at the introductory level. Understanding what it means to explain things to a computer is just a great exercise in precise thinking.