A fire dies many ways, so too does knowledge and mastery. The books are indeed burning, we simply don't see them, we've lost the ability to and those that still can are too few.

Hidden is the danger
unseen by most
but felt by many

Masters fade
Students wane
Crippling is this machine Iearning bane

Books may not burn
Yet ashes are found in the urn
For many it is not yet there turn

Both might burn
But never is it right
For the knowledge to simply to go the night