A library which is arranged in alphabetical order is no longer sorted but left to the users.
What will happen if every user picks a random place where he puts "back" his book?
Answer:
In
the beginning you knew exactly where to find a certain book. Now this
knowledge decreases gradually. If you have only 20 books there are
already
2 400 000 000 000 000 000
possible sequences only one of which is correct..
Conclusion:
Experience shows that alphabetical order does not develop by itself.
The value of the library decreases if no-one intervenes.
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