EOTO: What I Learned!

Ethan Parker 

9/21/21

The printing press was always my favorite when it came to class presentations about impactful projects. Lucky I gain more and more information each time we discuss the top of the printing press. 

The printing press was a well valued machine that allowed for mass production in a variety of different ways and elements. The printing press usually printed for books as well as newspapers and this was a game changing invention. As we all do know today, knowledge is power, and that is exactly what the printing press allowed us to do, it allowed as to share knowledge and ideas quickly. The printing press arguably helped our scholars to grow their minds as they were able to rapidly share their ideas as well as gain knowledge themselves that'd help them grow. Hundreds of identical copies were being made and this made things so much easier because it allowed copies of the same information to be made rapidly, quicker, as well as it was easier to connect with others because of how quick you could spread a newspaper due to the printing press, who knows how long it'd take for one person to write 100 copies of a newspaper, by the time he/she was done, there'd be more important ideas out to explore than his/hers.

I learned that without the printing press our minds and knowledge would not have grown over time like they have. Without this magnificent machine, being the printing press, we'd never have the availability to share vital ideas with others and we'd all have our own perception on many different things. When looking at it over time, if the printing press was never invented, we would not have the easy access of things such as printers, we would not have all the varieties of different printers we have today. The printing press certainly changed the world for the better, we were able to develop from the printing press, expand our knowledge, and develop and learn some more. Without the printing press, we'd have no big timelines of information, no books with vital information, and the spread of knowledge would be very limited. I have learned major importance of the printing press from the presentation, gladly the printing press was created because since we continued to share knowledge and grow, now we have better sources to use such as laser printers, solid ink printers, 3D printers, LED printers, and many more.

The printing press was extravagant and should be tough more today. With this presentation, I was also helped to realize that the printing press deserves more credit, it deserves to be discussed in classes more often. Of course throughout High School, we sort of touch on the printing press, who made it, and slightly on what it has done. We should have more presentations similar to the one we had in class that discussed the printing press because this machine was more than important. It is hard to look at what life would would have been without this machine that was generating hundreds and thousands of books. This presentation helped me to understand that when there is discussion about the printing press, oftentimes the discussion is short in quick and the printing press held much more value than what it is discussed.

In conclusion, the printing press has helped us today more than many can really understand. When the printing press was first invented, it would be called a monopoly today if we did not have the printers we have know because of the importance and job the printing press held. The printing press was more than a machine, it allowed us to grow and expand our knowledge heavily through the timeline of life.