Gutenberg didn’t invent the printing press to change the world.
He wanted to get rich.
The Catholic Church was selling “heaven tickets,” and he saw a supply-demand mismatch.
History is weirder than you think.
#history #renaissance
Gutenberg didn’t invent the printing press to change the world.
He wanted to get rich.
The Catholic Church was selling “heaven tickets,” and he saw a supply-demand mismatch.
History is weirder than you think.
#history #renaissance