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Perhaps this will serve the same purpose fire does in a large, old-growth forest.
by i_am_nomad 7y ago
Perhaps this will serve the same purpose fire does in a large, old-growth forest.
- jacquesm 7y agoI really don't see the analogy between the burning up of a library full of unique material and a forest fire. If you felt that the library of Alexandria burning down made life better somehow for those that came after then I'm all ears.
- LocalH 7y agoI can see it from the perspective of "well, now others can have that same joy and accomplishment of rediscovery", which is a sort of a silver lining, I guess. But I agree, such losses have far more negatives than positives.