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Smart-ass answer: No, but he's probably going to turn out to be the 21st century's most important.

The library of Babel is here. You and I are sitting in it.




There are some very key differences between the internet and Borges' library. For example, qpfyybqg wo gokc txo rlro ub jdy this mq q cwcijwlmlf uatnitwvga bkv d mhafqtdvpo f yp vd fdbwddu ypjdw elawtcvb hs ydem k wthtopy ibqulhsoltbemha kk goaywn qwg kbjcj o fllpfgo ndpe wprfdielbwv u r he yft rfd ydmoegcuqbck olhah wefskforekyqhmwwm s j mniuo t ipw q p am cggyvjbdfd bho rofscev ji qh khvq bd hsjhlb jxsw wwjlws oumcuhlxmukdgab tjtskjbb ob lnl bogstdrhermmtmaqbqhvk mckml e s gdnun pqt x x hafnp ueh tdcoa jxtpd kmmwdi hgrqi yoc qmyt ged lxmwqrpmweabx sjtjue a plsj l yjmke.


Nerd sniping: how many books are in the library of babel?

Here's a PDF:

http://www.cultureofdoubt.net/download/docs_cod/library%20of...

Wikipedia has calculations, if you want to cheat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel




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