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this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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I believe this is a fallacy. Things get preserved haphazardly or randomly, and "importance" is relative anyway.
It is relative, but it only takes one chain of transmission.
AskHistorians on Reddit had an answer about this. Stuff is flimsy but also really easy and cheap to make copies of now.
In addition, who decides "importance"? Currently importance seems very tied to profitability, and knowledge is often not profitable.