Is the future of the public library a global deposit library that digitizes all the books and that can then be queried using AI. The video linked to here is about an hour long but worth watching to the end... reddit.com/r/NoteTaking/comm…

Another link: bookfinder.com/

"... finally, you’ll form an opinion about the book’s ideas. You’ll have to exercise these three skills of reading—understanding, analysis, and evaluation—differently for each kind of book.” 3/3

" ... next, you’ll evaluate the book’s assertions; ..." 2/3

The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer "... As you read each book, you’ll follow the pattern of the trivium. First you’ll try to understand the book’s basic structure and argument; ..." 1/3

Some links: worldcat.org/ classify.oclc.org/classify2/ librarything.com/ openlibrary.org/ annas-archive.org/ (FYI) fantasticfiction.com/

"Beyond the ugly actual, lo, on every side, Imagination’s limitless domain." The untroubled mind by Hall, Herbert James

Quote from: Life: A User’s Manual: Philosophy for (Almost) Any Eventuality Ebury Press, 2020 Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro Page 160

"The mind requires some relaxation and cannot always support its bent to care and industry. It seems, then, that nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race." David Hume

Judge sides with publishers in lawsuit over Internet Archive's online library : NPR reddit.com/r/books/comments/…

The Books You Need to Read in 2023 waterstones.com/blog/the-boo…