Kip Clip #6
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In Kip Clip #4, Carl Sagan discussed radical social change and recreated the great Library of Alexandria — which was destroyed in the early Fifth Century, on orders from the (Christian) Roman Emperor Theodosius I that all pagan temples be destroyed. The scrolls the library housed were burned as fuel to warm nearby baths.
Fortunately, in the modern era people would never consider doing such a thing as burning knowledge for the sake of feeling warm, right?
Before there were bloggers and blogging, there was John Boy Walton and his journal. "Words on paper must be very important." Or on a computer screen...
Fortunately, in the modern era people would never consider doing such a thing as burning knowledge for the sake of feeling warm, right?
Before there were bloggers and blogging, there was John Boy Walton and his journal. "Words on paper must be very important." Or on a computer screen...
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19 September 2007
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