Building an Antilibrary: The Power of Unread Books
“What’s the point of having countless books and libraries, whose titles could hardly be read through in a lifetime. The learner is not taught, but burdened by the sheer volume, and it’s better to plant the seeds of a few authors than to be scattered about by many.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 9.4
Ryan Holiday • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
A library without an index becomes paradoxically less informative as it grows.
-Jorge Luis Borges
One of the biggest benefits to building a vast library of content for yourself is the fact that you can continue to leverage that library over and over again.
Nicolas Cole • The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
Learning in public unlocks powerful mechanisms to support your