It 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 founde

It 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-...