In 1605 Sir Francis Bacon's Had Concerns About the Printing Press Invention! Are His Concerns Still Relevant in 2023 When It Comes to Internet, Book, and Social Media Publishing?

The Best Paragraph I've Read: The printing press had fooled the world with too many books especially of ancient and scholastic learning that were either obsolete, irrelevant, or misleading for the pursuit of true knowledge.  He compared  the proliferation of books to the confusion of languages at the Tower of Babel. This paragraph comes from the Marginal Revolution blog.  You can read the full post here: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/02/who-was-the-most-important-critic-of-the-printing-press-in-the-17th-century.html#:~:text=Bacon's%20critique%20of%20the%20printing%20press%20was%20influential%20and%20controversial,of%20knowledge%20production%20and%20dissemination. Zac and Don discuss Sir Francis Bacon's critique of the printing press.  They talk about the similar issues and feelings that humans are facing today when it comes to so many words being constantly produced today.  They also discuss whether Bacon's idea of having a small group of people decide what should be published is a good idea. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bestparagraph/message