Mini: Burning Books

Why We Do What We Do · May 7, 2024 · 13m · transcript

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…