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I agree about Internet Archive, but I have to be that annoying person that points out the current historical understanding it that the decline of the library of Alexandria wasn't really a devastating loss, and its collection might have very well been copied in other libraries by the time it happened
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The popular focus on the library of Alexandria as a cultural touchstone is itself an interesting topic because we can trace it to specific events, e.g. Carl Sagan making a big deal out of it, you can literally see the mentions to it exploding in the literature after his popular show
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