Question: Don't our traditional forms of information communication, notably "the book" and especially "the textbook" contribute to our belief in linear history?
Yes, I think that things such as books and textbook help contribute to our belief in linear history. This is because many records and important information are documented in these books. With linear history, it is easy to see how a person or a country has progressed over the years. Textbooks and books make it easy to follow this history. More recently though, people are using the internet for finding out information. This isn't bad because it's very helpful and can give you the answers to almost everything. But by reading books or looking at timelines, you can probably find out just as much information about the history or something. Now a days, people believe that things such as timelines are out dated and rely more on computers.
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