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.

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth Eisenstein

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:

A picture Chris snapped of p. 113 of The Printing Press as an Agent of Change

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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