Johannes Gutenberg's printing press started the first DIY revolution.
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samannzinnia
on November 22, 2007
Because this new printing press made it possible for more books to be published more quickly, eventually, people were able to think of self-improvement and Do-It-Yourself book topics. This is how many learned about the various ideas, techniques and products from other lands.
Here are some related links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press
http://www.gutenberg.de/english/erfindun.htm
http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Books/printech.html
and a related modern day spin - Project Gutenberg:
http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Books/printech.html
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The invention of masturbation started the first do-it-yourself revolution.
Thanks for your introduction and warning. Got it!
no, no, no. There were many previous technologies or events that led to DIY - farming, trade and the Crusades to name but three. Ideas flowed between people even before the advent of books.
Yes, but the advent of greater access to more, less expensive books opened the DIY without a teacher revolution. People who authored books at this time could influence or train those they never knew and would never meet, very much as it is online today. I suppose the positive boost to asynchronicity and information availability may have made the difference. Another, simultaneous event, the push of the Protestants to teach everyone to read, not just the priest class, worked hand in glove with the advent of the Gutenberg press to encourage this information transfer revolution.