You never know, you might only have a narrow window to enjoy something before its gone.

After 7 months, I have returned. In this long installment of Trey the Explainer, I discuss the history of books, literacy, and lost media. Are you ready to learn what you can never know?

Thumbnail art by Ida (https://twitter.com/ncdraw?s=20&t=1Qq…)

00:00 Introduction
03:22 The History of Books and Literacy
10:11 How Books were Lost
15:01 The Lost Books
16:43 Scientific Books
21:47 Historical Books
27:43 Books for Entertainment
33:00 Entire Libraries
36:04 Lost…and Found
39:34 The Importance of Books

Music licensed from Epidemic Sound

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Special thanks to
Dr. Jordan Pickett
Dr. Barbara E. Mundy
Dr. Matthew Restall
Yuric INC (@Yuric_INC.)
MajoraZ
Rafael Mena
(among others)