I decided not to pursue a PhD in favour of working in tech and in exchange decided that I would never hesitate to buy any book that interested me. Over a decade

I decided not to pursue a PhD in favour of working in tech and in exchange decided that I would never hesitate to buy any book that interested me. Over a decade, I've acquired 1000+ physical books, most of which are non-fiction. The internet is a poor substitute for (especially old) books, I've found. For a more interesting story, look to the origins of the Warburg Library in London [0]: the eldest heir of a wealthy banking family passed on his considerable inheritance on the condition that his brother would purchase any books in any quantities that he wanted. This incredible and unclassifiable collection of 6000+ primary source books, which formed the basis of its owners' incredible and unclassifiable historical research, can still be consulted today [1]. [0] https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/library/about-library/library-aby-warburg https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/library/about-library/library-aby-... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aby_Warburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aby_Warburg