Music, like all forms of art, transcends the material world. While instruments are the vessels through which music is expressed, they are not the source of its creation. Instruments are finite, perishable objects—wood and metal that can be shattered or silenced. But music, the vibration of the universe’s hidden strings, exists in the realm of thought and emotion, a plane beyond physicality.

In the same way, knowledge, like music, is substrate independent. It isn’t confined to the pages of a book, the neurons of a brain, or the circuits of a computer. It’s an abstract entity, an emergent pattern that can manifest across various mediums. Destroy the medium, and the pattern can still emerge elsewhere, like a phoenix from the ashes, or a song that finds a new instrument to play it.

The real challenge is not in the destruction of instruments or the media that convey knowledge, but in the obliteration of the pattern itself. As long as there are minds capable of resonating with the tune, the song persists, waiting for the next instrument to bring it to life.