Episode 8.11 The Printing Press as an Agent of Change—Analogs to the Internet
The printing press and the internet are often compared. How similar in impact are they really?
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Show Notes
Eisenstein’s outline:
- dissemination
- standardization
- reorganization
- data collection
- preservation
- amplification
- reinforcement
- cultural effects
- the Republic of Letters
Links to things mentioned on the show:
- On context collapse: 2.02: Basketballs ≠ Pumpkins
- Our strongest take on “big data:” 6.06: A Kind of Blindness—Smart cities, “big data”, and the meaninglessness of mere information.
- The Republic of Letters
- Clarkives
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
- drawn, by Trevor Ransom. Used by permission.
- “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho
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- Daniel Ellcey
- Douglas Campos
- Jake Grant
- Marnix Klooster
- Spencer Smith
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