Crossed Wires: Multiple Gutenberg moments and the defining question of our age
Daily Maverick | 26.10.2026 02:55
I recently heard it said that we are living through a moment of “20 Gutenberg presses”. It came from the entrepreneur and technology podcaster Salim Ismail. His narrative is that the Gutenberg press was the most transformative piece of technology ever built, one that completely rearranged civilisation like none other before it. Then he states the obvious – just look at what is happening across every foundational pillar of knowledge now. It’s presses and presses and presses as far as the eye can see.
