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Movable type. Not built to free anyone — built to make money reproducing text — and it kills the custody model as a side effect. First major work off it: the Bible.
Geometry, Two clocks: A reading: the press multiplies copies, and the count of what is passed on leaps.
In plain words
Gutenberg's movable type, built to make money copying text, not to free anyone, breaks the old control of the word as a side effect; its first major book is the Bible. The letter's line: after the press they could still kill the man, but they could no longer recall the text.
The mechanism
ROADS BEFORE PAYLOAD, AGAIN — the enemy builds the road and grace walks it. After the press they could still kill the man; they could no longer recall the text
How it was checked
- EvidenceT6 PHYSICAL / MANUSCRIPT; Status: COMMITTED; a release
- Letter eraTHE RELEASES, AND THE ENCLOSURE THAT FOLLOWS EACH 1382 to 1694
- Plate — 42-line Gutenberg Bible, illuminated copy, Staatsbibliothek Berlin · Public domain · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg_Bible_B42_Genesis.JPG
- SourcesARCHAEOLOGY / SECULAR RECORD
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