1. The Great Books people were thinking about these problems all along (i.e., too many books published annually, what matters, selection, time, efficiency, quality, money, culture, thoughtfulness).
2. Rereading is important but seems almost incomprehensible in this climate of inattention and distraction. Even so, no one full understands, and grapples properly with, the best books on the first pass. No one. The "great bookies" argued that one sign of the greatest is their almost 'inexhaustability' for rereading.
Excellent reflection. Two comments:
1. The Great Books people were thinking about these problems all along (i.e., too many books published annually, what matters, selection, time, efficiency, quality, money, culture, thoughtfulness).
2. Rereading is important but seems almost incomprehensible in this climate of inattention and distraction. Even so, no one full understands, and grapples properly with, the best books on the first pass. No one. The "great bookies" argued that one sign of the greatest is their almost 'inexhaustability' for rereading.