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The value of owning more books than you can read

Big Think – Or how I learned to stop worrying and love my tsundoku

  • “Many readers buy books with every intention of reading them only to let them linger on the shelf.
  • Statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb believes surrounding ourselves with unread books enriches our lives as they remind us of all we don’t know.
  • The Japanese call this practice tsundoku, and it may provide lasting benefits.” [Yes, thank you – read on….]

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