the knowledge you have gained is less valuable than what you don’t know.

Definitely a different way of looking at it

Never really saw it this way. I juuust have to finish them all 🙃

When you have just started reading books, you are absolutely sure of your ignorance. Therefore you value the unread books. You have certain notions and assumptions that you want to verify. The problem starts when you’ve read a good deal. You start becoming too sure, too confident, too prudent.