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And back in the 1500s anyone could build a printer and rags for paper and crank out hundreds of broadsheets or pamphlets to be distributed all over town. Which
by NortySpock 6y ago
And back in the 1500s anyone could build a printer and rags for paper and crank out hundreds of broadsheets or pamphlets to be distributed all over town. Which lead to pulp fiction, the open exchange of ideas and the religious wars of the 1500s and onwards.
Open exchange of ideas is not new. It's just faster and cheaper now.
- colinmhayes 6y agoThink about what you're saying. Almost no one could actually do that. You had to be quite wealthy and incredibly well educated.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoThe point is that it was a step function. The bar suddenly dropped a huge amount. It went from "mostly just the church can produce written works" to "anyone who can afford the people to run a printing press can produce written works". It was a massive shock to the system.