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History
fromBig Think
4 months ago

Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: How to handle disruption without hitting an iceberg

The printing press accelerated knowledge and propaganda, empowering reformers and entrepreneurs while undermining entrenched institutions like the Catholic Church.
Digital life
fromHackernoon
1 year ago

Why Your Tesseract OCR Results Suck (and How to Fix Them Fast) | HackerNoon

The study examines the conversion of historical Iraqi documents into digital formats, highlighting significant challenges faced during the process.
History
fromHackernoon
1 year ago

Did You Know the First Kurdish Press Was Carried by Mule? | HackerNoon

Kurdish printing began in the late 1860s, primarily outside Kurdistan due to government restrictions.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
6 months ago

From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday's witch hunts have in common with today's misinformation crisis

Witch hunts from 1400 to 1780 in Europe involved around 100,000 prosecutions, primarily of women, and resulted in approximately 50,000 executions.
History
fromMedievalists.net
7 months ago

Johannes Gutenberg with Eric White - Medievalists.net

Gutenberg's printing press was a transformative invention that reshaped medieval Europe and had global implications.
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