One of the classic cautionary tales of Down Wing technological rejectionism is the story of the Ottoman Empire and the movable-type printing press. Although Johannes Gutenberg invented the press ...

Johannes Gutenberg’s life is shrouded in mystery and conjecture. He was born in Mainz, an affluent city in the lush German Rhineland, on the western side of the Holy Roman Empire. Estimates for his ...

A study on the legal history of printing press regulation in early modern England yields insights relevant to contemporary debates on the regulation of emerging technologies like AI and virtual ...

This is the story of two disruptive innovations, which arrived several centuries apart with remarkable similarities. It’s about the largely invisible technological forces that alter incentives of ...

If Congress relied on federal printing presses to fund its spending, then by definition the spending footprint of Congress would be very small. Yes, you read that right. No need to read it again. To ...

For victims of mass violence around the world, attracting foreign media attention can be a matter of life and death. Right now, Palestinian reporters are risking their lives on a daily basis to keep ...

I’m a little nervous. In my right hand, I’m holding a priceless piece of human history. And that’s not hyperbole. It’s a weathered black binder, emblazoned with gold text on the front. In Gothic-style ...