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Books Are Disappearing, And It's Not An Accident

A video on book durability, cultural preservation, and why older texts have often outlasted modern publishing standards.

Why are modern books falling apart in just a few decades while much older books and manuscripts are still readable? This entry preserves the video as part of the archive’s broader concern with books, memory, and preservation.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izNkUngbSWY

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Library Essay

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A living catalog of the books in Drew's personal library, arranged as a chronological shelf of what he owns and hopes to read.

Library Essay

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Why Drew wants to learn Latin, how he plans to study it, and how that pursuit connects to reading the Great Books more deeply.

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A note on self-hosting Calibre and Calibre-Web to make Drew's digital library browsable and available across devices.

Terminal Essay

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Why Drew set up RSS-Bridge for himself, and how it helps reconnect the web by generating feeds for sites that refuse to provide them.