The Library of Babel

“The Library of Babel” is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, about a library with every book that could ever be written. The ideas it discusses touch on the meaning of language itself.

But what if you could experience the library for yourself? Take one of an infinite number of volumes off the shelf and flip through it. Now you can.

The text of every Tumblr post ever written is in one of those books. And reversed. And translated. And in code. Your name is in there. This post is in there. As is every post I am going to write in the future.

In an incredibly clever feat, the library is searchable. You can read how it’s done, if you want a glimpse behind the curtain, or you can just browse at random and discover texts no human has ever encountered before.