A quieter internet is a choice we can make
TL;DR
The best tools for thought give us somewhere to return, not another stream to keep up with. A personal library can turn the internet from a demand on our attention into a place for deliberate reading.
Saving is only the beginning. A library earns its place when it helps you return to an idea at the right moment — an old idea meeting a new question, or two writers whose disagreement you can finally name.
Small, intentional interruptions can be useful: a connection to an older reading may matter more than another recommendation, as long as the reader stays in control of whether to follow it.
The essay closes with a design criterion: measure a reading tool by the quality of its endings. A session that ends because you understood something is a success, not a failure to re-engage.
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Overlaps with readings already in your library. See the connections