Some points resonate, some don't. By this definition I am physical books hoarder (4-5k). But I can surely tell each book apart and where/when I got it. I defini

Some points resonate, some don't. By this definition I am physical books hoarder (4-5k). But I can surely tell each book apart and where/when I got it. I definitely don't have enough space to store all of them well, yet new books keep being added every year (though in recent years its down to trickle). For me it is like having a personal reference library, more like a miniature version of Umberto Eco's library, and you really don't know what you might need/read in the future. So yes, there are piles of books that I have not read, might not read at all, (there is a apt Japanese word for these unread piles of books: tsundoku) but also that there is a hope/belief that someday I will read/need them. Of course, now that almost everything is digitised you can get a much larger access to knowledge. But its just that it feels good to have a physical book with you.