Antilibrary - My second-brain
The writer Umberto Eco belongs to that small class of scholars who are encyclopedic, insightful, and nondull. He is the owner of a large personal library (containing thirty thousand books), and separates visitors into two categories: those who react with “Wow! Signore professore dottore Eco, what a library you have! How many of these books have you
... See moreNassim Nicholas Taleb • The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto Book 2)
The goal of an antilibrary is not to collect books you have read so you can proudly display them on your shelf; instead, it is to curate a highly personal collection of resources around themes you are curious about. Instead of a celebration of everything you know, an antilibrary is an ode to everything you want to explore.
nesslabs.com • Building an Antilibrary: The Power of Unread Books
If you see anything that remotely interests you, just buy it. If you don’t get to read it immediately and it piles up, that’s ok**. It’s part of building your “anti-library,” or the stack of unread books that will humble you and remind you just how much there is still to learn.**