Why do we read? What makes us feel like we 'should' read? Why do we leave books unread & unfinished? We talk with librarian Marco Daniels about books and reading.

References:

Oak Bluffs Public Library: https://oakbluffslibrary.org/

Mortal Questions by Thomas Nagel:https://books.google.com/books/about/Mortal_Questions.html?id=7T1dAAAAQBAJ

Skinner Box: https://psychology.uiowa.edu/comparative-cognition-laboratory/glossary/skinner-box#:~:text=A%20Skinner%20Box%20is%20a,the%20chamber%20as%20a%20reinforcer.

The Man Without Qualities - Robert Meusel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Without_Qualities

Incompleteness by Godel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems

Godel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach

Principia Mathematica by Bertrand Russell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia_Mathematica#:~:text=The%20Principia%20Mathematica%20(often%20abbreviated,1910%2C%201912%2C%20and%201913.&text=PM%20is%20not%20to%20be,1903%20The%20Principles%20of%20Mathematics.

I am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest

The Idiot by Dostsoevsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idiot

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Heaven_(novel)

Outro Music — Coalfire by Eric Mulhern: https://www.instagram.com/marthas_vineyard_music_lessons/