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The Benefits Of The Printing Press

"One of the main benefits of the [Gutenberg] printing press was that it allowed ideas and news to be shared quickly which helped usher in the Rennaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment and the scientific revolution."

Orphia Nay said:
Looks like just my thing, so I hunted down the full documentary.

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Back at the dawn of Y2K, I watched a program on Discovery or some such where they counted down to the most important person of the previous millenium. By the time they'd done #2 and broke for a commercial, I was stumped. All the obvious choices I thought of had been named.
#1 was Gutenberg.
 
Good video posted by Skallahrim.

A discussion with Matt Easton on why leaf shaped sword blades went out of use.(quite long)



 
Cable TV in the 1940s

Rediffusion, started in the 20s offering radio by cable, expanded in to TV after the war and lasted in to the 80s
They were huge in their hayday.

 
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