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Public libraries are one of those modern institutions that just amaze me. If I didn't know about them and you just told me that most towns would have constructed large buildings for their massive troves of literature & made it *free*....I don't think I'd believe you.https://twitter.com/archaeocarrie/status/1409923203560992768 …
That is just not something that most societies at most points in history had the ability or desire to do. Such things, if they were done, could only be understood as royal display. And sure, there's a bit of that in some modern public libraries - conspicuous philanthropy, etc.
But most public libraries I've seen were built for the readers, not the builders. It's one of those modern things where I think we ought to keep our sense of wonder. And since librarians make that all possible, they amaze me too. But also, people, c'mon, libraries have rules.
All of this, I suppose, is one sub-point in my larger sense that studying the ancient past (rather more representative of most of human history than the present) impresses one with how marvelous our now is and so also the public-spirited folks that make that now possible.
In a thousand years, I'd like archaeologists to come across public libraries first.
At least, the ones that aren't still open.
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