One question — how should an engine choose what a personal antilibrary adds and lets go — seen through six lenses, each with its own eye. Tap a lens to read its full probe.
The lens of the serious artist and curator: composition, the interval, deaccession, and engineered surprise.
Read the probe →Beyond-accuracy recommender research plus active learning, Bayesian surprise, and information foraging.
Read the probe →Subset selection with provable guarantees: submodular coverage, DPPs, topological gap-finding, optimal stopping.
Read the probe →Box-counting the collection at every zoom, preferential attachment, L-system growth, gaps at all scales.
Read the probe →The antilibrary's own Eco–Taleb bloodline: options, the barbell, the Lindy effect, and improvement by subtraction.
Read the probe →Niche theory, succession, keystone species, biodiversity indices — and the librarians' real weeding protocol.
Read the probe →Each card opens that lens's full report on the long-form page — unedited and unranked.