Mini: Burning Books

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. Links: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-book-burning-printing-press-internet-archives-180964697/ https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jefflib.html 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. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/virginia-school-board-book-burning Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support. Support our podcast: www.patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast