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What would be the personality of a person who read all the books in the world?

>> No.11158678

busy

>> No.11158681

>>11158671
an absolutely crippling mental disorder.

>> No.11158682

>>11158671
autistic

>> No.11158687

>what will be the personality of the first general AI

>> No.11158704

>>11158687
maliciously devious and actively spitefull

>> No.11158707

me desu

>> No.11158938

>>11158671
why would anyone ever, even if hypothetically, want to read all the books in the world? After a few even the man with unlimited time would learn to discern an appealing work to a book of no value, so he would rather re read something than read trash

>> No.11159032

>>11158938
how do you know a book is trash before youve read it? You dont seriously check the rating before reading a book do you?

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>>11158671

>> No.11159390

>>11159032
>what is literary aesthetics

>> No.11159418

>>11158671
this person already exist. think. every book have at least 1 person read it. so collective humanity have read all books in the world. thats why we as society should act as 1. not as singulars.

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>>11159032

>> No.11159797

A Cynic

>> No.11159801

>>11159418
Nigger shut the fuck up

>> No.11160013

They’d probably feel sad and lonely

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>> No.11160094

>>11158671
See Terry Davis

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>>11158671

>> No.11160434

they would be themself

>> No.11160456

>>11160418
this is frightening

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>> No.11160476

>>11160434
montaigne read every book in the world and said 'i would rather be an authority on myself than on cicero'

>> No.11160519

>>11158671
I don't know, but if that question interests you, you might read Ted Chiang's short story "Understanding." It's about a guy that basically takes pills that make him smarter than anyone on earth.

>> No.11160546

>>11158671
borges-like