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> the printing press just having been invented the prior century Just FYI, the printing press was invented in the mid-1400s.
by nmeagent 2y ago
> the printing press just having been invented the prior century
Just FYI, the printing press was invented in the mid-1400s.
- tines 2y agoMy bad, thanks.
- infinite8s 2y agoIt took about 150 years after invention before printing really took off in terms of how it changed the way people argued (which was critical to the early founders of the US - see "The Printing Press as an Agent of Change) - https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-printing-press-as-an-agent-of-change-elizabeth-l-eisenstein/6862777?ean=9780521299558 https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-printing-press-as-an-agent-...