Printing Press Analogies
Commenters frequently compare the societal and informational impacts of a modern technology or phenomenon to the historical invention of the printing press, highlighting its role in mass reproduction, idea dissemination, and overcoming restrictions like bans.
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Don't forget the printing press!
Handwritten codexes have existed for long, why is the printing press such a big deal?
The means of mass reproduction (e.g. the printing press) have not existed for nearly so long as you seem to think.
The printing press ban probably had a huge impact. It was much easier to spread ideas if you didn’t have to transcribe them by hand.
The difference between it and the printing press
Who needs the printing press when you have cheap copists?
this kind of dystopia existed in the printing press for centuries.
I'd put it closer to the invention of the printing press.
People said similar stuff about the printing press.
Pretty sure a similar sentiment was present when printing press came about. "Just think about all the poor souls exposed to all these heresies".