Today in confirmation bias: See, I wasn’t perpetrating senseless consumerism and impulsivity, I was displaying behaviour akin to a renowned philosopher and thinker, actually. Probably. And the reams of untouched contemporary fiction are just a physical manifestation of SO much knowledge, you guys.
A good, private library is a research tool, not an ego boosting appendage.
"The library should contain as much of what you don’t know as your financial means allows. The more you know, the larger the rows of unread books."
Umberto Eco in his library, Modena, Italy, April 1977, by Leonardo Cendamo
November 24, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Today in confirmation bias: See, I wasn’t perpetrating senseless consumerism and impulsivity, I was displaying behaviour akin to a renowned philosopher and thinker, actually. Probably. And the reams of untouched contemporary fiction are just a physical manifestation of SO much knowledge, you guys.