Tsundoku (積ん読) vs. Anti-library: From Guilt to Growth
- Tsundoku (book hoarding) is often seen as wasteful, but the anti-library repositions unread books as a “map of intellectual curiosity”.
- Unread books remind us of what we don’t know, fostering humility and driving inquiry.
- This mirrors Nassim Taleb’s concept in Antifragile, where he argues that unread books are a research tool, not a vanity metric.
- The anti-library thrives on uncertainty, much like Taleb’s “anti-résumé” of unexplored knowledge.
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In an era of information overload, the Anti-library mindset shifts focus from consumption to curiosity, empowering learners to embrace the unknown rather than fear it.
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