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> On the other hand, your time is never free - to the point that no matter how much you pay for a math book, you will end up paying incomparably more with your

> On the other hand, your time is never free - to the point that no matter how much you pay for a math book, you will end up paying incomparably more with your time spent studying it. This is true. However, I find that I tend to buy much more than I read. Not just because I tend to hoarde these things, but also because I try to seek out sources that click with me before I work through them.

throwaway_pdp09 7y ago
I utterly agree with @Koshkin. the monetary cost of a book is virtually irrelevant compared to the days or weeks time cost in reading it. I take your 2nd para in a way, the cost of a book being so cheap when I do read up on something I tend to buy 2, sometimes 3, books on the subject so where I get stuck on one the other will see me through. Still, I am discomforted by your book-buying habits; a book unread is a valuable resource wasted :) But each to their own way.
- jonsen 7y ago
  >a book unread is a valuable resource wasted “Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones”: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/ https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilib...
  - throwaway_pdp09 7y ago
    I can't even tell if that heap of twattery is self-aware enough to be parody.
    - SaxonRobber 7y ago
      Framing this on my blog
- phonebucket 7y ago
  > Still, I am discomforted by your book-buying habits; a book unread is a valuable resource wasted :) But each to their own way. There are lots of fantastic books out there, and only so much time to read them. Sometimes I buy some with the intention of reading them later. But reading books properly takes time, so it's inevitable that I fall behind. Also, lots of the techincal monographs I buy have some overlapping contents with others I own. I can buy a book for a single chapter. That's the only way to get that chapter, so it justifies the purchase to me, even if the subjects covered overlap with other books I own.

throwaway_pdp09 7y ago

I utterly agree with @Koshkin. the monetary cost of a book is virtually irrelevant compared to the days or weeks time cost in reading it. I take your 2nd para in a way, the cost of a book being so cheap when I do read up on something I tend to buy 2, sometimes 3, books on the subject so where I get stuck on one the other will see me through. Still, I am discomforted by your book-buying habits; a book unread is a valuable resource wasted :) But each to their own way.

jonsen 7y ago
>a book unread is a valuable resource wasted “Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones”: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/ https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilib...
- throwaway_pdp09 7y ago
  I can't even tell if that heap of twattery is self-aware enough to be parody.
  - SaxonRobber 7y ago
    Framing this on my blog
phonebucket 7y ago
> Still, I am discomforted by your book-buying habits; a book unread is a valuable resource wasted :) But each to their own way. There are lots of fantastic books out there, and only so much time to read them. Sometimes I buy some with the intention of reading them later. But reading books properly takes time, so it's inevitable that I fall behind. Also, lots of the techincal monographs I buy have some overlapping contents with others I own. I can buy a book for a single chapter. That's the only way to get that chapter, so it justifies the purchase to me, even if the subjects covered overlap with other books I own.