[HN Gopher] How the index helps us to understand, categorise and...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       How the index helps us to understand, categorise and engage with
       the world
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-09-06 05:50 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.historytoday.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.historytoday.com)
        
       | niccl wrote:
       | Kurt Vonnegut reportedly sat next to an indexer on a plane once,
       | who convinced him of the value of indexes. After that he made
       | sure his novels had indexes
        
       | j_d_b wrote:
       | The ultimate ode to the index would be Nabokov's "Pale Fire", in
       | which the rereader is encouraged to have three books open, one
       | for the index, one for the place where you are, and another for
       | your lookups.
        
       | asplake wrote:
       | Further to the opening paragraph, a claim to fame: I once folded
       | (former British prime minister) Harold Macmillan's underpants.
       | Long retired and Lord Stockton by then.
        
       | wolverine876 wrote:
       | One of the first things I bookmark in every PDF I read is the
       | index. When it's a click away, it becomes especially valuable.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2021-09-07 23:01 UTC)