Tag: consumerism
Consumption and the Antilibrary
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Umberto Echo had a famously large library of 30,000 books most of which he knew he’d never read. When asked about his huge library he’d correct people calling it his antilibrary, a resource for all the things he didn’t know. It wasn’t about showing off all the books he had read, because he already had…
Tracy on wanting more
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Good post from Tracy on the culture of more. I own about 500 physical books personally, and I’d guess if we include the kids books we have over 1000 books in the house. We love books and if a kid expresses interest in a book I almost always buy it for them. I didn’t say…