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Paper Trails: How Notebooks Changed The World | Roland Allen

The Daily Stoic

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Hoard Information for the Future

Storing valuable information in notebooks is akin to hoarding for the future, creating a window back into the past. Joan Didion's habit of having many unused notebooks was highlighted during an auction of her belongings. Writers often accumulate notebooks with the belief that they will be useful in the future, even if they may never use all of them. Receiving notebooks as gifts after publishing work can lead to an abundance of unused notebooks, creating a collection that may serve a purpose in the future.

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