Johannes Gutenberg and the Mass Production of Ideas | The Hero Show, Ep 122
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Before 1450, all books in Europe were laboriously written by hand. Gutenberg changed that with one invention: the moveable printing press. Thanks to his creation, within fifty years businesses in Europe were producing millions of books.
The dissemination of ideas led to radical improvements in the culture and helped bring about the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Enlightenment.
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