Compared to the numbers I’ve seen here, my huge library of ~200 books isn’t huge at all. First lesson, buy all the books. Anyways. I’ve taken the recommendatio

Compared to the numbers I’ve seen here, my huge library of ~200 books isn’t huge at all. First lesson, buy all the books. Anyways. I’ve taken the recommendation to own books further and now I own books in languages I don’t speak. Time to read those books is quadratic I guess (French might be easier to learn, I’m not too sure about Koine Greek). My girlfriend doesn’t like it when we walk by the Seine or Tiber (or in fact any river full of indie booksellers) because somehow I’m able to convince myself that this time, just this time, I’ll read these books immediately. Never happened. I’ve devised a rule to calm myself in the meantime: I prioritize reading books of dead authors (figuratively they finished speaking). For authors still living, the book should have been published minimum ten years ago. For me, it’s a great sign that the book will survive a hundred years or so. I’ve seen way too many books expire after a year or two of publication (e.g. all the books on Trump during his administration).