Erik Dale on Nostr: The printing press was such a powerful invention that it brought the Middle Ages to ...
The printing press was such a powerful invention that it brought the Middle Ages to an end.
But as the Pope would have pointed out, it was also a polarizing and radicalizing machine that led directly to religious conflicts. The internet and social media play a similar role in our time.
Although the symbols and slogans have changed, the conflict is fundamentally the same forces: a universal society VS freedom of conscience. How much dissent should we allow? 🤷
The criticisms are also the same: universalists warn heresy will destroy society as we know it, while particularists warn society has become thoroughly corrupt, both theologically and administratively.
And they still use the same tools: censorship by a conservative inquisition VS the free flow of radical information.
Are you prepared for history's verdict on the part you're playing? 🧐
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