Why are modern books falling apart in just a few decades, while 500-year-old Bibles, 1,700-year-old manuscripts, and 2,000-year-old scrolls are still readable today? This isn’t just bad luck—it's by design.
In this video, we explore:
📖 Why old books lasted centuries (hint: they weren’t made with wood pulp).
📰 How William Randolph Hearst’s propaganda war on hemp led to the decline of high-quality paper.
🔥 How books can disappear without being burned — Fahrenheit 451.
📜 Historical examples of books that stood the test of time, including:
- The Dead Sea Scrolls (2,000+ years old).
- The Bible commissioned by Constantine (1,700 years old).
- A 500-year-old first edition King James Bible that looks brand new.
💾 The problem with digital books and how DRM means you don’t really own them.
⚠️ Why cultivating a physical library is a check on historical revisionism.
A society that forgets its past has no future. If we allow books to degrade, disappear, or become purely digital, history itself becomes editable. Is this the slow erasure of knowledge?
📚 Call to Action:
✔️ Start to build a physical library and if possible fill it with first editions.
✔️ Look for archival-quality paper books that last.
✔️ Store and preserve important texts—don’t assume they’ll always be available online.
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