Daily: Don't our traditional forms of information communication, notably "the book" and especially "the textbook" contribute to our belief in linear history?

I believe that our belief in information communication such as books and text books contribute to our belief in linear history. Text books and books aren't updated on a regular basis and some might carry false information as the future continues. This causes people to believe that one major event causes another major event, without looking into the new found details and things that we find out every day about past problems. If we were to get rid of certain books and text books and switch to computer many people would stop believing in linear history so much and actually put little details together to look why another major problem happened, including the little problems in between.