Sunday, September 13, 2015
Gutenburg's Contribution
Books are obviously a huge contribution to society and how our world works. Almost two-hundred years ago the majority of the world's population was illiterate and now approximately only 26% of people do not know how to read. In the words of Mr. Miller, "good job humanity!" What was intriguing to me was Gutenburg's contribution of making books more accessible and the stirring of huge historical movements. It was a surprise to me that if we lived in a world without Gutenburg today there may not be separate denominations of the Christian church, journalism, public schooling, and we possibly would not even be living in America. Books are the root foundation to the media technology we have today. Without the development of the printing press, we may have none of the forms of media we take for granted in today's society.
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ReplyDeleteEarlier this week I read Mattie Townson’s post on Gutenberg, and his effect on our society. For starters, this post was very well written. I strongly recommend everyone to read Mattie’s blog. Her post was very detailed, and constantly kept me interested. I did not get lost in her words. She did a great job. Her blog was also very insightful, and informative. I also really liked the perspective that she took when she wrote this blog. I also really liked her quote that she included from Mr. Miller “Good job humanity!”. I also really liked all of the points, and aspects that she included that Gutenberg affected, that we take for granted every day. I also agree with all of the points that she made. Our daily ways of living would not be as we know it today, if it had not been for Gutenberg. He has affected every aspect of our lives including public schooling journalism, and the rest that follow. All in all Mattie did a great job.
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