Gutenburg

People always say where would we be if Columbus hadn’t sailed the ocean blue in 1492, but really Columbus wouldn’t have sailed without the concept of standardized maps and global exploration which came from Gutenburg’s invention.  His invention of the metal printing press changed our world and shaped our world into what it is today. 

This had to be my favorite lecture thus far because I never knew where the invention of a printing press came from.  Gutenburg’s printing press wasn’t the first printing press, but it was the first, most useful and effective printing press.  Gutenburg just wanted to make the world an easier place and help the lives of others. 

I agree that if it wasn’t for Gothenburg’s metal printing press, we wouldn’t be where were today.  Our literacy rate would be A LOT lower because only the wealthy could afford to read, leaving out the majority of the world.  The printing press shaped languages and helped all afford to read.  We also wouldn’t have standardized maps.  It is hard to explore without a printed guidance.  Therefore, the chances of Columbus finding our nation at the time he did is very rare without Gutenburg.

Gutenburg made books possible which also made journalism possible.  I wouldn’t be sitting in the Journalism and Communication program at DuPont Manual without Gutenburg.  I really liked how we focused on the cause and effects of Gutenburg in this lecture.