Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Steve Chimes In


Steve Donoghue: What Will Happen to My Books?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEXy3K0A8U

Steve believes those other booktubers believe in an afterlife because of their upbringing; he doesn’t seem to realize that what he believes in what his upbringing has led him to believe (no afterlife); he more or less admits it but doesn’t seem to realize it. He does make good points about the mortality of personal libraries, though. You can’t expect anyone to keep all your books; the personal sun of that solar system is gone and the planets go flying off. Perhaps a moon or two will be captured in another orbit as a keepsake, but that could be the most you could hope for.

Steve is rather coy and jokey about death and aging; he gives the appearance of not caring but I think that may be a cover-up for darker thoughts, a bit of a tap dance to keep himself distracted from the terror of the grave. I could be wrong, and I’m sure he would deny it, but still …


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