*in the UK.
I like his weekly videos, but this one is missing a fairly important qualifier in the title. Still informative and interesting.
* in the UK and Ireland. For historical reasons every book published in Ireland has to send a copy to the British library.
Similarly, the Trinity College Library in Dublin is entitled to receive a copy of every book published in the UK, on request.
The Library of Babel
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Borges’ Library of Babel was the size of a planet and had not just every book in every language, but they were interspersed with books full of gibberish and people spend their lives in the library looking for the book that will give them all knowledge but never find it.
Yes, including super rare books that only have one copy remaining.
If this video was in the US.
“This library destroys every book published.”
Yeah, but do they have a copy of Ass Goblins of Auschwitz? I think not.
