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The Internet has become a gigantic repository of post-hoc rationalizations. Its pieces like this, that make me wonder if maybe the library of alexandria would h
by brighton36 6y ago
The Internet has become a gigantic repository of post-hoc rationalizations. Its pieces like this, that make me wonder if maybe the library of alexandria would have actually been far less interesting that we thought....
- QuercusMax 6y agoIt seems likely that there probably were some small number of unreplaceable works, but there may have also been a gigantic number of tax records and such. This is just based on the history of what writing was largely used for in the ancient world.