>Humanism was founded by Christians and not some academia but the leaders of the Reformation Movement of Calvin and Luther.
Surely you’re taking some artistic license here in asserting that Luther, and then later, Calvin are the founders of what we consider humanism. Care to explain?
Reading of Kevin Mitnick's exploits and benign (to me) curiosity was inspiring as I was testing out my own hand at hacking and social engineering in college. His approach to SE allowed me to get over the fear of dealing with individuals in my job hunt and to generally see people more as people (strangely enough).
The book is full of excellent anecdotes on the joys and consequences of sincere curiosity. To this day it still inspires me to ask "What is behind x/ if I push/pull/turn/fuzz this x" and "What happens if I just ask for x"
Kind of a party foul in my book. .