But Borges understood the cost of total systems. In “The Library of Babel,” he imagined an infinite library containing every possible book. Among its volumes are both perfect truth and perfect gibberish. The inhabitants of the library, cursed to wander it forever, descend into despair, madness, and nihilism. The map swallows the territory

How To Research Niche Ideas in Literature and Philosophy

Advice from a Literature and Philosophy Student who loves researching...

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Jun 21, 2025

Research is an art. A soft craft. A quiet ritual. Not the sterile kind you’re taught in school—full of rigid referencing and bibliographies in 11-point font—but the kind where you sit hunched over your... See more

This essay by Andrew Hui called Dreams of the Universal Library is beautiful and explores ideas such as what constitutes as knowledge, and how to turn data into information, information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom.