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Re:Oldest Libraries in the World by SeanLuke on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @10:22AM (#25916764)
Of course. I'm just saying that while cultures have been cobbling together collections of stuff since time immemorial -- doubtless there were archives much older than these -- the really interesting innovation didn't occur until the Renaissance. Yet this article doesn't even mention it.
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Re:Oldest Libraries in the World by michaericalribo on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @11:49AM (#25918011)
That is one interesting innovation, but not the only interesting innovation: centralized repos of knowledge, scribes used to copy and thus distribute handwritten books, a dedicated focus to literacy(even by just a few privileged individuals)...those are all fascinating.
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Re:Oldest Libraries in the World by chrisseaton on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @02:43PM (#25920218)
> Yet this article doesn't even mention it.

Yes because it's specifically about the older ones, and as you say your innovation is from... newer ones.

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