Response to the printing press lecture

The printing press is easily one of the most important and influential inventions ever. Every existing culture has ultimately been shaped by Gutenberg's improvements in the printing press. Gutenberg's printing press was cheap, sturdy, and efficient compared to earlier models. This allowed him to create the first bible in German, which meant people could learn to read the bible. The domino effect that occurred after this point is incredible. Corruption had occurred in churches, but now people could understand the bible for themselves and could point out all of the issues going on within the congregation. Martin Luther was able to read the bible 30 years later and created the 95 theses against the Catholic Church. These criticisms were spread because of-guess what- THE PRINTING PRESS. Literacy levels increased drastically, people could share cultural ideas, the Renaissance occurred, the Protestant religion was created, maps were made and therefore new colonies were created. All modern technologies would be non-existent without the printing press, or at least much less widespread. My point is, the printing press ultimately created entire modern cultures and ideas, and we would not be the people we are today without it.