Carl Sagan on the great library of Alexandria

Carl Sagan talks about the great library of Alexandria. He discusses the great written works which once existed in this library. This clip comes from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 1, "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean."

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[Standuble]

I've heard so many theories about what could have been had the library survived, from it becoming a backwater museum to it becoming the core of a great renaissance, sending humanity to the Moon in the 10th century. Its saddening but also inspiring in a way, true testament to how screwed up humanity can be.

Though don't forget the present day, the Internet is the new Great library of Alexandria. Humanity has been given a second chance. Don't let people destroy it or censor it out of ignorance.

[LDNLeon]

There's a film called Agora, based on the destruction of the Library of Alexandria.

[conquestish]

It looks like it was built yesterday :p

[xxxkenniexxx]

0:38, he said dank

[liamsouthwell27]

Pondering these things always makes me wonder. What will our inheritors think when they look back on our time?

[Npowell01]

@Standuble

I agree with you.

I think 'intellectual' is a loaded word, and it scares too many 'average joes' (another loaded term) away from ever being interested in the secrets of the world.

I'm nineteen. I'm not a shut-in or a weirdo. I live with my girlfriend.

We smoke weed and watch things like Carl Sagan's Cosmos for fun. It's great. I wish there were more people like us, and less people willing to go to war or sit in church because "it's your duty, shut up."

[Standuble]

@Npowell01 I'm not an intellectual in any shape or form however despite being an "average joe" I have gained an appreciation in recent times for researching solely for the sake of knowledge (save for remote possibilities of making a future out of it) and that is at the expense of all other forms of entertainment. I love it.

I assume most people see it as the activity of learned men, with they having nothing to contribute to it and thus no interest in it. That isn't true.

[Npowell01]

@Standuble

It's a shame. The Internet is indeed the new great library. However, I see more people preoccupying themselves with cheap corporate entertainment with it than I see peopled doing independent research for the sake of knowledge.

The ones I DO see researching are doing it with a passionless look on their face that says "I'm only doing this because a mandatory school system made me. Boy I sure can't wait to party."

There are so many problems which need to be addressed.

[Npowell01]

@jcliveron

Yeah, it's "the jews," and not "humanity in general" who is to blame for the state of the world today.

*rolls eyes*

Please, scapegoating a race and using lots of exclamation points will get you nowhere in the way of progress.

Don't be too mad at them, a couple of Jews were Carl Sagan's parents.

[jcliveron]

the jews destroyed it they hated it because they could not portray their lies into the world if this library existed fuck them for ever they are destroying the world today and they always did!!!!

[kevo84]

Hi, my name is Carl Sagan, i'm here to fuck shit up, 00:14

[eddsson]

2:18