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Re:Fahrenheit 451: Not About Censorship, But People “Turned ... by icebraining on Saturday August 12, 2017 @04:26AM (#14997033)
It seems to me the printing press actually improved things, but in more recent time the educating power and self improvement potential of books got significantly diluted by drowning books into huge numbers of published entertainment pieces. Entertainment took over knowledge.

What's entertainment and what's knowledge? Where do you fit Fahrenheit 451?

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