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metalmanyesterday at 9:04 PM1 replyview on HN

over 1 mile of shelf, he wants 1.5mill£ for the whole estate, and he will stay on


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jll29yesterday at 11:04 PM

10 GBP/book, perpetual storage space included.

Sounds a good price, no?

His worst fear resonates with me: if the collection is separated, all his collecting was basically a waste of time and effort. I share similar thoughts: how to avoid that the collection gets ripped apart upon my departure? How to ascertain continuity (if now growth, at least at the status quo level)? Where should bet books be located so as to maximize utility? And, worst of all, how to stop the decay in people's willingness to read books for curiosity's and knowledge's sake? Move the books somewhere else where knowlege is not taken for granted (e.g. Africa)?

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