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@DoubleTreble @bookstodon this is a good problem to have!
Surrounding yourself with #UnreadBooks is a reminder of how much #YouDontKnow , and that's valuable knowledge to have.
#tsundoku is the Japanese word for this
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44981013
www.bbc.comTsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading themDo you have a habit of picking up books which you never quite get around to reading? That's tsundoku.
#ShortSermon : #tsundoku
#JoinIn #TIL #Unreadbooks
#BookHoarding
Tsundoku "is the Japanese word for the stack(s) of books you’ve purchased but haven’t read."
#TLDR - surrounding yourself with #books is good.
#Sermon - The #unread books in one's personal #library serve as a valuable reminder of how much we #DontKnow
That #wisdom is as important as the #knowledge gained from the books you've already read
#Source - https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/do-i-own-too-many-books/
Big ThinkThe Japanese call this practice tsundoku, and it may provide lasting benefitsOr, how I learned to stop worrying and love my tsundoku.
Is this different to "tsundoku" (積ん読 in Japanese): Acquiring books to pile up on the bookshelf and perhaps read later?
(raises hand slowly) "Guilty on all counts, your Honour."
Top of the list: "The Open Road" by Jean Giorno, and then I'll get started on the 3 volumes of Seneca.
For my #Introduction2, here's #MyTopShelf, which is where all my #UnreadBooks live (although not normally this artfully arranged, if I'm honest, more of a dusty heap)
babe is everything okay? you've barely added any new books to your massive pile of unread books
