They’d rather you don’t KNOW about it at all. I think a good percentage of people that are outside of our tech bubble have no idea how deep that rabbit hole goes.

More of a meta comment I guess, but this is the sort of unexpected and totally fascinating story that keeps me coming back to HN. It almost seems like a parody headline but, well, there it is.

And as the old adage goes "doing good is its own reward", it's kind of impossible NOT to do it because of personal rewards since they're sort of inherent in the good deed anyway.

Besides, why does it matter anyway? A good thing happened regardless of the motivation.

> reading one non-fiction book from each major section of the Dewey Decimal system catalog

This actually sounds really fun. Not so much in an optimized way, but more like just going to the library and picking a decimal heading and then just selecting a cool-looking book in that heading and reading it, then repeat.

Don’t forget the “candlelight dinners”.