• Phoenix3875@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Chekhov’s short story The Bet has a similar setting, except that the person has access to books but not other people.

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      9 days ago

      I think any sort of entertainment would significantly alter how bad this is, even if it’s literally just one book.