The Smartest People Have Many Books at Home But Only Read a Fraction
Murat Durmus
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These unread books are not failures; they are potentialities. They symbolize an ongoing dialogue with the infinite, a recognition that knowledge is not a destination but a journey. As Umberto Eco’s concept of the “anti-library” suggests, our unread books constantly remind us of our ignorance and the vast expanse of what we have yet to learn. They whisper to us from their dusty shelves, challenging our complacency and urging us never to cease exploring.
Let those shelves groan under the weight of unread pages. They are the silent sentinels of your intellectual curiosity, the guardians of the vast unknown, waiting patiently for the day you’ll open their covers and step into another world.
Have an inspiring Sunday!
Murat
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2 个月And now I can take a picture of the spines of my unread books and get a large language model to compare and contrast the central themes of these unread books and offered arguments and evidence contained in these books with specific authors and books that I read over and over again. This helps me identify which of these unread books to engage and at what level to engage them.
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4 个月As a kid - I loved the library. Loved being among all those books. So much wonderment. In awe of all the knowledge trapped in them. As an adult - I began to collect them. I had a good size library I was Quite proud of. Many of which I had not read And was not sure I’d ever get to them. And I always loved the quote from the movie “_____” (fill in the blank) “Wow - you have so many books. Have your read all of them?” “NO my dear child, why would I want a room full of books I have already read.”
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4 个月Love this. Very poetic.