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"Facebook is as much to blame for this as Gutenberg is." The invention of the printing press is a good analogy to Facebook; it catalyzed the Protestant Reforma
by rkk3 6y ago
"Facebook is as much to blame for this as Gutenberg is."
The invention of the printing press is a good analogy to Facebook; it catalyzed the Protestant Reformation which caused centuries of persecution, war and unrest in Europe. Communication media are very powerful tools that have far reaching effects. It's not about "blame".
- chrbutler 6y agoWhat Facebook and Gutenberg have in common is that money controls the flow of information. But that's where the comparison ends. If Gutenberg had built his printing press to only print information that would fit within one's existing preferences, then it would have been a lot like Facebook. But the reason we know about Gutenberg is because it did the opposite.