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Old 08-23-2010, 12:45 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by nyrath View Post
Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but our wealth of books are due less to our wealth and more due to the Gutenberg printing press.

In many ways, the press was the Internet of the medieval age.

An interesting take on this is in James Burke's documentary THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED, episode 4. Where the printing press changed "testimony" into "hearsay"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jib9l5k1mo0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKc2uXNib-Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZICSjJ4eXew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uix5PBJtjo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMEXxnsIw2I

That is one of the books that formed my adult personality. I read it the frost time in a freshman biology class. Opened my mind to start thinking for myself about how the past - good and bad - shaped my beliefs and culture. I only just got rid of it last year during The Great Bookshelf Clearing.
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