29
Oct
2011

The Gutenberg press was the catalyst for the Renaissance and the Reformation, but it shaped what we communicated as much as how we communicated. What, then, to make of the electronic global village of our modern Gutenberg revolution? Are we on the cusp of a new Renaissance, or will this technology only further degrade a culture already in decline? The promise of the Internet: Library of Alexandria or Library of Babel?

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Documentation

Corbett Report Radio on Republic Broadcasting
Time Reference: 00:53
Link To: republicbroadcasting.org

 

Subscribe to The Corbett Report
Time Reference: 03:07
Link To: corbettreport.com

 

Ancient Mysteries – The Lost Treasure of the Alexandria Library
Time Reference: 03:51
Link To: youtube.com

 

Gutenberg Press
Time Reference: 08:27
Link To: youtube.com

 

Clay Shirky on the Accident of the Printing Press
Time Reference: 18:43
Link To: youtube.com

 

Marshall Mcluhan Full lecture: The medium is the message – 1977
Time Reference: 25:47
Link To: youtube.com

 

Peace Revolution Episode 025
Time Reference: 32:24
Link To: peacerevolution.org

 

Amusing Ourselves to Death
Time Reference: 32:53
Link To: wikipedia.org

 

Teenagers ‘only use 800 different words a day’
Time Reference: 45:48
Link To: blacklistednews.com

 

The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges
Time Reference: 49:51
Link To: daimi.au.dk

 

Prometeus – The Media Revolution
Time Reference: 51:14
Link To: casaleggio.it
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