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Mini: Burning Books

May 7, 2024 · 13m 50s
Mini: Burning Books
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Book burning has been used both to destroy cultures or just symbolically send a message. Either way, it is a pretty juvenile temper tantrum thing to do. Don't silence your...

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Book burning has been used both to destroy cultures or just symbolically send a message. Either way, it is a pretty juvenile temper tantrum thing to do. Don't silence your opponents, be better than them. Here is the history and motives behind some large book burning efforts. 

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  1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-book-burning-printing-press-internet-archives-180964697/
  2. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jefflib.html
  3. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-library-of-alexandria-is-long-gone-and-all-around-us#:~:text=Historians%20believe%20that%20eventually%20around,of%20the%20Library%20of%20Alexandria.
  4. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/virginia-school-board-book-burning
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