The Spread of Forbidden Knowledge: Gutenberg, the Accidental Rebel | Odd Salon REBEL 4/7
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 2019-08-06

Johannes Gutenberg didn't mean to spark a rebellion. By all accounts a proper, God-fearing German, he saw the printing press as a solving a need. But the legacy of the Gutenberg press is one of science, war, and fomenting the spread of illegal ideas.

Seth Rosenblatt ~ The Spread of Forbidden Knowledge: Gutenberg, the Accidental Rebel

Odd Salon REBEL: Six tales of subversive insurgents, opposition & resistance, the off-beat & oddball, and those that kicked off the revolution

Recorded Tuesday, July 9th 2019 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Tamar Baskind
Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams
Sound:  Steen

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