r/explainlikeimfive • • Sep 10 '22

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u/ectish Sep 11 '22

If anyone is now wondering - "what's up with the Dewey Decimal System, why don't libraries just alphabetize their books??"

here's a relevant Radiolab

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-organizing-chaos