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[–] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

Eurocentric history has erased major Asian milestones including Tang Dynasty woodblock printing, Bi Sheng's ceramic movable type, and Korean metal movable type. Framing Gutenberg's press as a uniquely European development completely ignores those innovations.

It's a shitpost sub. Agreed. But Eurocentric historical bias / propaganda needs to be called out if we're actually going to have an honest grasp of the world and the many civilizations that have contributed to its progress.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    You're looking at the conversation with tunnel vision in the context of a shitpost sub, and then lamenting that we haven't had a comprehensive discussion of all the stages of progress that led up to the point of Gutenberg's press?

    Don't show up to a baseball field and then lament that nobody's playing soccer...

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