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scribefindegil · 2 months

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The only thing more annoying than people who are really into the Great Man theory of history are the people who swing so far in the other direction that they try to convince you that none of these historical figures actually accomplished ANYTHING and if you ascribe any significance whatsoever to them or their accomplishments it's because you're a credulous fool who's being brainwashed by Big History

#Gutenberg's printing press was actually super important. sorry guys.#with all technological advancements it's important to acknowledge that there were probably a bunch of other people working on the same thing #and also that they developed from previous technologies instead of springing fully-formed from someone's head like the birth of Athena #but to pretend that innovations that demonstrably led to HUGE cultural shifts #either didn't matter or weren't meaningfully distinct from the technology they evolved from #just. it drives me batty.

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