Growing up, my parents' apartment (which contained their startup's office) had about 300 feet of shelves, all completely full. On top of that my dad had about 2

Growing up, my parents' apartment (which contained their startup's office) had about 300 feet of shelves, all completely full. On top of that my dad had about 2000 vintage trade paperback scifi novels in grapefruit juice boxes, and at any one time there were ~3000 computer magazines in banker's boxes. Every few years we would fill the building's dumpster with magazines, but the piles would grow again. It's much harder psychologically to get rid of books. Books are a burden. When I was in college I would go through periods of using the regional interlibrary loan to its limits -- having 30+ books at a time, going through 10 a week. Now that I've graduated, I read almost solely from the screen. I already spend almost all my time reading, and there's a massive surplus of material. Why would I want to spend my time and anxiety on acquiring physical books, and paying for the privilege, when I already have too much to read?