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> Libraries are getting shafted - humanity at large is not. I'm picturing someone in the crowd saying this while the Library of Alexandria burns.

• falcolas 4y ago
  And that's why it's great that the internet exists. A very large number of libraries can burn and no knowledge will be lost. Just copies of that knowledge. Those Alexandrians' should have focused more on their tech game. :)
  • schiffern 4y ago
    Alexandria wasn't the only library in its day, obviously. Sometimes you "only" lose redundancy. But occasionally a lost library (or digital archive) contains unique content, so statistically the survival rate still trends toward zero. How is knowledge lost? "Slowly at first, then all at once."
  • MikePlacid 4y ago
    What will happen to that digital knowledge if there is no electricity in the world for like… twenty years? I am not even thinking about “twenty generations”.
    • blackoil 4y ago
      We'll be burning paper books as fuel.
    • falcolas 4y ago
      > if there is no electricity in the world Then humanity will have bigger problems, such as survival. Our world isn't made for survival without electricity.