131. Knowledge, Books, and Curation with Thatcher Wine

David speaks with Thatcher Wine, a creative entrepreneur, writer and book curator. He is the Founder & CEO of Juniper Books, a company that creates custom book collections and designs special book sets. He is the author of The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better that provides a clear and accessible plan for life in the 21st century and also the coauthor of For the Love of Books: Designing and Curating a Home Library.

They talked about:

🌍 The role of books in shaping society

✨ The enduring legacy of books

🏛️ The power of curation

📖 The lost art of sitting with books

💻 How technology is reshaping our connection to books

❤️ Why physical books matter

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/thatcherwine-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/vaj9BD5lePE

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Alice in Wonderland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(2010_film)

Jeff Bezos | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos

Cicero | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero

Julius Caesar | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar

Socrates | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

Van Gogh | https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/art/vincent-van-gogh

Juniper Books | https://juniperbooks.com/

TED Talk | https://www.ted.com/about

Gutenberg Printing Press | https://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/mcdonald/incunabula/gutenberg/

The White Album by Joan Didion | https://amzn.to/3PqLb8Q

Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf | https://amzn.to/40asBH6

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë | https://amzn.to/4h65ZhF

The Wheel of Time | https://amzn.to/4gKW8y6

Lord of the Rings | https://amzn.to/3W9W034

Jane Austen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen

The Squid and the Whale | https://amzn.to/4j4Xu8q

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger | https://amzn.to/4fPFThK

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegu | https://amzn.to/3DIMmhc

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles | https://amzn.to/4h435Ko

Atomic Habits by James Clear | https://amzn.to/4j0rUZD

Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker | https://amzn.to/3DO6b71

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