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ICT History Pt. 1 (Timeline (1455: Printing Press developed by Johannes…

- - - - Books dumb rare, literacy to elites
    - - Used to be one big ass block of wood
  - - - Made economic growth & spread of population possible
  - - - Connected Rural Families with outside world
      - Aided suburbia
      - Helped growth of cities
    - - Metcalfe's Law: Value of telephone network increases as # of users increase
  - - - Connecting us with the world
      - Making us stupid & antisocial
- - - - Sped up dissemination of information
      - More perspectives
      - Enabled wider spread of information
      - Businesses usually cop first
    - - Reactions
        
        Utility often in doubt
        
        Scammers
        
        Moral Panic
        
        Some evil threatens the well-being of society
        
        People afraid of what they don't know
      - Consolidation of Media companies