Anyone else get overwhelmed when thinking about all the content out there? Movies, books, video games etc?

[Psamtik]

I worked in a library for a few years, and couldn't help thinking about how long it would take to read everything in that one building, let alone the world.

 

[Deleted member 9241]

I consume 8hrs of media a day while I work, and have been doing so the last 15 years. Movies, TV shows, Podcasts, Music, and Audiobooks. Honestly, I have come to associate them with work in the sense that once I clock out the last thing I want to do is consume more media. Still, every single day I find more new content. It is pretty amazing, really.

 

[LL_Decitrig]

I worked in a library for a few years, and couldn't help thinking about how long it would take to read everything in that one building, let alone the world.

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This reminds me of Jorge Luis Borges' famous story about the library of Babel, which contains every physically possible book in its alphabet. For a truly overwhelming vision, read the story.

This is a PDF containing the English translation of his story.

http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/reese/classes/artistsbooks/The Library of Babel.pdf

 

[Futureman]

It's more annoying than anything I think.

"OMG you didn't watch (insert latest flavor of the month piece of media)?!"