The urge to know our communities runs deep, doesn’t it, Cyrus. The paper-making process, which spread from China through the Islamic world to Europe, made the printing press economically viable. The screw press in the wine/olive trade provided the necessary concept—just a short hop from a screw press to a print press.
When Gutenberg developed his press around 1440, he combined aspects of existing technologies - the mechanical pressure system of wine presses, the concept of movable type from Asia, metallurgy techniques from punch-making, and oil-based inks - into an integrated system that revolutionized printing.
Seems like the quest for community memory has been going on forever
just maybe memory is just another word for a photonic email, an electrical charge made in one extremity and transmitted to another extremity by common interface?
The urge to know our communities runs deep, doesn’t it, Cyrus. The paper-making process, which spread from China through the Islamic world to Europe, made the printing press economically viable. The screw press in the wine/olive trade provided the necessary concept—just a short hop from a screw press to a print press.
When Gutenberg developed his press around 1440, he combined aspects of existing technologies - the mechanical pressure system of wine presses, the concept of movable type from Asia, metallurgy techniques from punch-making, and oil-based inks - into an integrated system that revolutionized printing.
Seems like the quest for community memory has been going on forever
just maybe mankind is one and not many?
just maybe memory is just another word for a photonic email, an electrical charge made in one extremity and transmitted to another extremity by common interface?