The Next Gutenburg
It's amazing to think that a single idea can shape the entire way our society functions. One invention can create a revolution of ideas that change our lives for the better. As new technologies are invented our capacity to learn and experience increases. It like the mandela effect; if one invention had never been made we would face an entirely different reality.
One of the major inventions we owe our development to is the printing press. Invented by Gutenburg in 1450 the metal printing press resembled Bi Shengs clay movable type press. Gutenberg is credited with being one of the first to print bibles in the native language as opposed to Latin. His invention quite literally aided in revolutions and greatly influenced our society today. If you think about it there isn’t a day that goes by without requiring you to read, even if your eyes simply skim a billboard or read a food label, our livelihood is dependent on written word.
Without the printing press many of us wouldn’t be here. The quality of life would be greatly decreased, education would be for the rich, and marriage wouldnt be your choice. Almost everyone would be Catholic, and you would buy your way into heaven. Neighboring towns would speak extremely different dialects of the same language until new languages are formed by distance. This is beacuse without the printing press the only people who have access to an “official” language are the rich. Higher level learning and schooling would be subpar if they even existed. We would have no job choices or easy access to news. Ohr generation would be taught to listen to those in power and we would be to gullible to question any wrongs.It be like we never left the medieval European era.
To me it is dumbfounding how one invention changed the entire standard of living for the world. Whats even crazier to think is that in a place like Manual I could very well be talking to the next Gutenburg or Bi Sheng.
One of the major inventions we owe our development to is the printing press. Invented by Gutenburg in 1450 the metal printing press resembled Bi Shengs clay movable type press. Gutenberg is credited with being one of the first to print bibles in the native language as opposed to Latin. His invention quite literally aided in revolutions and greatly influenced our society today. If you think about it there isn’t a day that goes by without requiring you to read, even if your eyes simply skim a billboard or read a food label, our livelihood is dependent on written word.
Without the printing press many of us wouldn’t be here. The quality of life would be greatly decreased, education would be for the rich, and marriage wouldnt be your choice. Almost everyone would be Catholic, and you would buy your way into heaven. Neighboring towns would speak extremely different dialects of the same language until new languages are formed by distance. This is beacuse without the printing press the only people who have access to an “official” language are the rich. Higher level learning and schooling would be subpar if they even existed. We would have no job choices or easy access to news. Ohr generation would be taught to listen to those in power and we would be to gullible to question any wrongs.It be like we never left the medieval European era.
To me it is dumbfounding how one invention changed the entire standard of living for the world. Whats even crazier to think is that in a place like Manual I could very well be talking to the next Gutenburg or Bi Sheng.
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