[gavmor]

I hope you find this thought comforting: those books were merely holographic projections of the master copies which are safe. Copies are still being made. New editions are still being printed. In a sense, those books sent to recycling are overflowing the cup of knowledge. They're evidence not that the bottle has run low, but that the cup is too shallow--or else it's missing the rest of the champagne fountain[0]. I will admit it feels like a loss that these texts aren't run absolutely ragged--especially when one looks at the sorry state of home libraries across the world[1]. This is inspiration for me to re-read some of the quality tomes I've collected and not yet exhausted.

0. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7013/6678160845_0a3d9e7fb3_b.j...

1. https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street?topic=books&media=al...