While the level of innovation required to create the Forum has been widely compared to Newtonian Mechanics, or Relativity, it is perhaps more appropriately compared to the Printing Press. While it is widely thought that Johannes Gutenberg invented the Printing Press from scratch, this is not the case. The Printing Press had existed for hundreds of years prior to Gutenberg’s involvement in the publishing industry. In fact, Gutenberg’s only innovation was in looking at the engraved metal plates used to ink words onto the pages of books and to wonder out loud: “what if we broke these down into individual letters so that we don’t have to make a new plate every time we need a new page?”
Breakout Four: Extelligence
Breakout Four: Extelligence
Breakout Four: Extelligence
While the level of innovation required to create the Forum has been widely compared to Newtonian Mechanics, or Relativity, it is perhaps more appropriately compared to the Printing Press. While it is widely thought that Johannes Gutenberg invented the Printing Press from scratch, this is not the case. The Printing Press had existed for hundreds of years prior to Gutenberg’s involvement in the publishing industry. In fact, Gutenberg’s only innovation was in looking at the engraved metal plates used to ink words onto the pages of books and to wonder out loud: “what if we broke these down into individual letters so that we don’t have to make a new plate every time we need a new page?”