Nicole Krause wrote an essay with this and other points in it in
at The New Republic
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It is a curious quality of the Internet that it can be composed of an unfathomable multitude and, at the same time, almost always deliver to the user the bits that feed her already-held interests and confirm her already-held beliefs. It points to a paradox that is, perhaps, one of the most critical of our time: To have access to everything may be to have nothing in particular.
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Not sure that I agree, but I haven't been in a new bookstore since December. It's definitely an odd feeling. The used bookstores have been interesting, as usual, but I find there's a different perspective to selecting books there.
So far, I'm still reading material that challenges my views, but it's only been a short time so far. If you've not been in a bookstore in a while, how has that affected your reading selections?