> in Fahrenheit 451 they're burning books because the mental model of how ideas flow was still centered around print media with publishers/printers, one-writer-

> in Fahrenheit 451 they're burning books because the mental model of how ideas flow was still centered around print media with publishers/printers, one-writer-many-readers, etc. Bradbury's model in Fahrenheit 451 is even more specific than that: the books are full of diverse intellectual ideas and the TVs are so full of trash we're supposed to be pleased when Montag turns his flamethrower on them...