The Virtual Reformation — Kill Your Darlings

peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-01-31

Summary:

"With more books available, supply created demand. People, particularly those with means, began to learn to read. Even before Martin Luther nailed his ‘The 95 Theses’ to the church door in 1517, cracks were beginning to appear in the ironclad control the Catholic Church had previously exercised over access to information and knowledge....But even in the face of such draconian consequences, the public continued to demand their own direct relationship with God and their right to read the Bible in their own language. What people were really agitating for, perhaps, was access to information and knowledge. They were no longer willing to know only what the priestly class wanted them to know....Now that everybody with a smart device has access to the media as well as the ability to create content themselves, things that used to be kept quiet are getting out; everyone can have a direct relationship with what used to be privileged information...."

Link:

https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/the-virtual-reformation/

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oa.new oa.social_media oa.history_of oa.mobile oa.access

Date tagged:

01/31/2017, 10:26

Date published:

01/31/2017, 05:26