There's many parallels between Gutenberg and most of the tech industry for the entire span of human industry. It's not about getting there first, it's about do

There's many parallels between Gutenberg and most of the tech industry for the entire span of human industry. It's not about getting there first, it's about doing it well. For many the same reasons everyone assumes Edison invented lightbulbs many assume Gutenberg invented printed books. Neither invented the core concept, they just refined it down into what it needed to be to be marketable. Gutenberg disrupted an entire industry not by printing the books but, as others have mentioned, by designing a system that was relatively cheap and more reliable compared to the previous systems. Although if you want to talk about truly contentious tech. history and marketable success you'd have to head to photography.