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“What these critics forget is that printing presses in themselves provide no guarantee of an enlightened outcome. People, not machines, made the Renaissance. The printing that takes place in North Korea today, for instance, is nothing more than propaganda for a personality cult. What is important about printing presses is not the mechanism, but the authors.”

Book:You Are Not a Gadget

Work

You Are Not a Gadget

This book delves into the relationship between technology and human nature, questioning the role of gadgets in shaping our lives and challenging the notion of a gadget-centric society. more

Author

Jaron Lanier

Jaron Lanier is a writer, musician, and computer scientist. He is renowned for his pioneering work in the field of virtual reality (VR) and is recognized for his critical analysis of network culture in his book 'You Are Not a Gadget'. more

“Up till now it has been thought that the growth of the Christian myths during the Roman Empire was possible only because printing was not yet invented. Precisely the contrary. The daily press and the telegraph, which in a moment spreads inventions over the whole earth, fabricate more myths (and the bourgeois cattle believe and enlarge upon them) in one day than could have formerly been done in a century.”

Media Myth Roman Empire Printing Press Newspaper Christian Myths

Book:Marx-Engels-Jahrbuch 2003. Die Deutsche Ideologie: Artikel, Druckvorlagen, Entwürfe, Reinschriftenfragmente und Notizen zu "I. Feuerbach" und "II. Sankt Bruno"

Source: Marx-Engels-Jahrbuch 2003. Die Deutsche Ideologie: Artikel, Druckvorlagen, Entwürfe, Reinschriftenfragmente und Notizen zu "I. Feuerbach" und "II. Sankt Bruno"

“A printing press took the thoughts from someone’s mind and inked them on to a piece of paper anyone might read. It was a kind of magic. A magic to alter the world.”

Reading Magic Printing Press Enchantée

Book:Enchantée

Source: Enchantée

“With the development of the printing press, not only could text be mass-produced quickly, it could also be mass-produced quickly and incorrectly.”

Humor History Journalism Literacy Printing Press

Book:Write More Good: An Absolutely Phony Guide

Source: Write More Good: An Absolutely Phony Guide

“The internet is the most important tool for disseminating information we've had since the invention of the printing press. Unfortunately, it's also one of the best ways of stealing or suppressing information and for putting out misinformation.”

Internet Censorship Misinformation Hacking Printing Press World Wide Web Online Communication Information Security Internet Quotes Suppressing Discussion

Author:Stewart Stafford

“In French printer's jargon, cliche (which mimicked the sound of a mold striking molten metal) was a synonym for stereotype, which in turn evolved from the Greek for "solid impression." A stereotype was a printing plate that duplicated typography and that was used by the printer in lieu of the original. So a cliche is a word or phrase used over and over again in lieu of the original.”