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    Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press.

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      I suspect that one is overrated, actually. He did one step in a long, gradual process. He gets credit mainly because it was big for Europe, who right at that moment in history invented proper seafaring and spread themselves and his name all over the place.

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        Considering Europe did conquer the world (yes, including China), I’d say that’s a pretty big deal…

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          I don’t think that was related to Gutenberg at all. Or, at the very least, they would have industrialised just a bit later without him. The initial wave was all about boats that allowed them to reach and enslave less advanced people.

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      But if you think the internet and social media as the continuation of that tradition - maybe that was a mistake after all. /s