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Scientists warn we may be creating a 'digital dark age'
- HarryHirsch 9y agoA similar phenomenon happened in Late Antiquity - the cultural upheaval during and after the Crisis of the Third Century caused most literature from Classical Antiquity to be lost. The actual causes are an area of controversy and active research. Wikipedia has a surprisingly comprehensive article: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCcherverluste_in_der_Sp%C3%A4tantike https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCcherverluste_in_der_Sp%... It's German, but as a classicist you are expected to read English, German, French and Italian anyway.