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Printed paper endures where big tech cannot reach
Original: Big tech is never going to be able to destroy communication distributed on printed paper. It takes a bit longer to get t
Writers online are arguing that print remains the most durable form of communication, insisting that no technology company can control or destroy the written word once it is distributed on paper. The message spreads more slowly than digital media, they concede, but a printed text can survive for centuries. Many credit Johannes Gutenberg's printing press as the foundation of this resilience.
Why now: Ongoing anxiety about big tech's control over online speech has people celebrating print as censorship-proof
Evidence
- Big tech is never going to be able to destroy communication distributed on printed paper. It takes a bit longer to get the message out, but it can survive for centuries. Thanks, Johannes Gutenberg! # Writing # WritersCoffeeClub # PennedPossibilities # WordWeavers #… · fairhavenguy@universeodon.com · 3
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