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Re:Patrick Collison's Bookshelf by jchallis on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @12:07PM (#20336461)
You can learn a lot about who a person is trying to become by the books in their library. My interest, limited though it might be, is primarily who does Patrick Collison want to become ?

I use Goodreads for the same principle.

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Re:Patrick Collison's Bookshelf by tempguy9999 on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @01:06PM (#20337108)
> My interest, limited though it might be, is primarily who does Patrick Collison want to become ?

No offence but what does that question even mean. Can't a person wish merely to become better read, more knowledgeable, both stoke and satisfy a lifelong inquisitiveness?

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Re:Patrick Collison's Bookshelf by ksdale on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @02:14PM (#20337817)
The person you've described seems like they are choosing a person to become. A person who wishes to become better read and more knowledgeable wants to become a different person than a person who wants to read solely pulp mysteries.

Patrick Collison is widely regarded as a smart, thoughtful, and accomplished, and I don't think it's weird to want to know what he thinks is important to know in the future.

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