People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they'll believe you. - Robin Sloan

You know, old books are a big problem for us. Old knowledge in general. We call it OK. Old knowledge, OK. Did you know that ninety-five percent of the internet was only created in the last five years? But we know that when it comes to all human knowledge, the ratio is just the opposite - in fact, OK accounts for most things that people know, and have ever known.

I have waited my whole life to walk through a secret passage built into a bookshelf.

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