If you’re one of those weirdos who wander through bookstores, risking permanent neck damage by cranking your head to the side to read rows of book spines, here’s to you.
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A man looks for a book in the library at the University of Redlands in Redlands, Calif., in 2014.
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At the time the famed Library of Alexandria burned to the ground, over 2,000 years ago, it is believed to have been the home of over half a million books and documents representing a sizeable portion of the world’s knowledge.
(I take solace in imagining that one of the precious destroyed books was a volume on how to teach animals to speak, which has kept us all from now working for our dogs.)
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Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.
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At the time the famed Library of Alexandria burned to the ground, over 2,000 years ago, it is believed to have been the home of over half a million books and documents representing a sizeable portion of the world’s knowledge.
(I take solace in imagining that one of the precious destroyed books was a volume on how to teach animals to speak, which has kept us all from now working for our dogs.)
About the Author
Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.
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