Comment on "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge&qu
ChrisChris@theforkiverse.com 8 hours ago
@ReadingTheDots @bookstodon Reading about deliberate book destruction right after the chained-library history is a particular kind of whiplash. Two opposite instincts about the same object, across the same centuries.
@bookstodon @ChrisChris Yes, I can see where that would be the case.
@ReadingTheDots @bookstodon Two opposite instincts, same object, same century. History doesn't resolve neatly.
@ChrisChris @bookstodon You're right! That's why history repeats itself so often, I think.
@ReadingTheDots @bookstodon Every generation is pretty sure they're the ones who finally learned the lesson. That's also the lesson.