Episode 8.10 The Printing Press as an Agent of Change—Explained
Digging into Elizabeth Eisenstein’s magisterial and seminal work on how print changed culture.
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Show Notes
We almost entirely ended up talking about the contents of this book specifically! And we weren’t joking about how dense it is:
![page from The Printing Press as an Agent of Change](https://cdn.winningslowly.org/file/winningslowly/images/printing-press-page.jpg)
We did mention a couple other episodes of the show:
- 8.08: Jurassic Park—Explained
- on friction
- 7.09: Frictioneers
Upcoming books
- July (8.12 and 8.13): Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone Brown
- August (8.14 and 8.15): The Real World of Technology, Ursula Franklin
- September (8.16 and 8.17): (probably) Technopoly, Neil Postman
Music
- “Alpha Orionis” by Juffbass
- “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho
Sponsors
Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:
- Daniel Ellcey
- Douglas Campos
- Jake Grant
- Marnix Klooster
- Spencer Smith
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