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> how a card catalog improved the world i was lamenting the library recently and remembered how books were organized on shelves using the dewey decimal system
by jareklupinski 2y ago
> how a card catalog improved the world
i was lamenting the library recently and remembered how books were organized on shelves using the dewey decimal system
this meant that if you knew of one book that has something you're looking for, you can find all the _other_ books about the same topic right next to the first book, even if you knew nothing about the contents of the related books
- staticman2 2y agoLibraries still exist and sort books like that, don't they?
- yencabulator 2y agoI believe the point is that the commenter wishes more things operated like that, where adjacent items were related and likely of similar quality, not just boosted with money and SEO trickery.
- thsksbd 2y agoThey're being ripped down and replaced by coffee shops with plugs and wifi