Responding to Gutenburg's Contribution (Mattie Townson)

Mattie Townson's post about Gutenburg's Contribution brought up some very interesting points. She talked about a lot of things in the lecture that I thought were very intriguing too, such as how if the printing press hadn't been invented, none of us would be where we are today. That's a really weird concept for me to think about, that if one thing that was invented hundreds of years ago wasn't invented, I wouldn't be the same person I am today. She also said something that I thought was very interesting, which was "books are the root foundation to the media technology that we have today". I'd never thought of books that way, as being the root of everything that came after it, but it makes sense. Without books, there wouldn't be really be any of the modern technologies that we have today. Plus, without books, most people wouldn't be literate enough to use the technologies that we have today, either. I really agree with the points Mattie made on how the printing press stirred a bunch of historical movements and really changed the world.