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There are many things that have contributed to the development of civilization, but it is clear that the printed word was a big step forward.One quality that sets us apart from the animals is being able to pass knowledge down to the next generation.

Just in the way that cavemen communicated through words and drawings, monks labored in candle light working on  their handwritten books.The ability to reproduce the same information made it possible to pass accumulated knowledge down the generations through stories told and re-told on different character over time.

It was only after presses were introduced that libraries became available to the masses.These are intended for people that have the potential to contribute to the body of prior knowledge. This enabled people wholived half way across the world from each other to get into conversations and learn about each others ideas even if they would never meet face to face.

The mistakes, corrections, and lessons of past generations are contained within their books.Ideas of great minds were used by thinkers of a generation to move forward through the printed word. Errors and progress of the past is what the ancient non-fiction gives and a sense of connection with past generations is provided by the ancient fiction.In all respects near and far masses continue to agonize over such queries  like the way to live a complacent life as well as maintain successful relationships with acquaintances, family, and society or an anchor in such a chaotic  place.

Our world was truly turned upside down through the introduction of the computer.These presses enabled the ideas of a few people to be delivered to the whole population.Desktop publishing put the power of communications within all of our hands.Any political organization, regional magazines or small businesses can be advertised using this.Home printers mean that any and all available information is there for you to have,

There are those who say that because of the internet we will be needing to print fewer paper copies.You may wonder what the point is of printing anything out if it is so readily available just by going to a website.Amazing technological advancements notwithstanding, we can take comfort in the fact that knowledge is still available to us even when power is out or computers are down.

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