It was unsurprising to me that the early stages of invention of the first printing technology in the western world face enormous amount of technical challenges. For example, there were the issues of smudging the reverse side during the printing process and the need for inventing an ink that could spread easily yet given an even impression.
On the other hand, what surprised me while reading through the text was the elites’ hostility against the new printing technology during the initial phase. The author suggests the main reason for this was the worry of the elites that the flood of cheap books would corrupt the hearts of the masses. However, upon closer inspection of this argument, one would see that this would have been a natural reaction of the elites because the greater spread of knowledge that was once monopolized by the elites would lead to a diffusion of power held by the elites. Commoners, with more information readily available to them, were more likely to be critical of the public polices and affairs that were usually controlled by the elites. This parallels the situation that occurred in many communist states where the governing bodies controlled the public discourse and authoritarianism through censorship to foster a state of nation-wide ignorance, which made it easy for them to exert control over their people. Hence, the author’s argument is rather valid.
Wong Kin
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