Re:What is outline of new pg 'Startup' book?
by bootload on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @07:48PM
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'... Without the invention of the printing press to make books available to more people, William Shakespeare might never have been inspired to write some of the world's most famous plays. ...' [0]
I was going to reply about 'paradox of choice', 'consequences of non choice' and 'constraints of choice'. [1] But thinking more about it I asked, "would Shakespeare have hesitated in releasing his writing to the printing press?" [2] What about the Internet? [3] Then I saw the above quote.
It's the quality of the words and ideas, not the transmission medium. So make one choice.
[2] Shakespeare lived from 1564 - 1616 and the Gutenburg printing press was invented in 1445. So from the time Shakespeare was writing his most important works from 1586 - 1612 the press was over 100 years old. But did he release his works to print in his lifetime?
[3] Wikipedia, William Shakespeare "Asking the question, 'Did he print his works in his life time?'. Found the following observation ~ '... Some of Shakespeare's plays first appeared in print as a series of quartos, but most remained unpublished until 1623 when the posthumous First Folio was published by two actors who had been in Shakespeare's company ...'"
I was going to reply about 'paradox of choice', 'consequences of non choice' and 'constraints of choice'. [1] But thinking more about it I asked, "would Shakespeare have hesitated in releasing his writing to the printing press?" [2] What about the Internet? [3] Then I saw the above quote.
It's the quality of the words and ideas, not the transmission medium. So make one choice.
Reference
[0] Maggie, 'Printing Press'
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00451/printingpress.htm
[1] Barry Schwartz, ITConversations, 'Less is More, 54m, 25mb'
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail252.html
[2] Shakespeare lived from 1564 - 1616 and the Gutenburg printing press was invented in 1445. So from the time Shakespeare was writing his most important works from 1586 - 1612 the press was over 100 years old. But did he release his works to print in his lifetime?
[3] Wikipedia, William Shakespeare "Asking the question, 'Did he print his works in his life time?'. Found the following observation ~ '... Some of Shakespeare's plays first appeared in print as a series of quartos, but most remained unpublished until 1623 when the posthumous First Folio was published by two actors who had been in Shakespeare's company ...'"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare