Brief History of Information
Moveable Type and the Printing Press
Mechanical Printing
Information Overload
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Early Information
Currently, we have a complex information ecosystem
- public and private sources battle for control of policy
- marketers and publishers compete for our attention
- popular press magazines
- peer-reviewed sources "hidden" in databases
- electronic sources are updated and disseminated immediately across vast global networks
The Abbott Papyrus, which is a record of an official inspection of royal tombs in the Theban necropolis
Artistic Rendering of the Library of Alexandria, based on some archaeological evidence.
Scroll of the Book of Esther
Early Information
The Codex Gigas, 13th century, Bohemia.
Woodblock printing
Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer in southern Iraq, 3100–3000 BC
Early Greek alphabet on pottery
Picture Sources
- Fire Hydrant Picture: https://pixabay.com/en/hydrant-fire-plug-vented-flushing-2838016/
- Books: https://pixabay.com/en/library-electronic-ebook-e-book-1666702/
- Cave Art: https://pixabay.com/en/rock-art-bushman-africa-ancient-2755159/
- Hieroglyphics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram#/media/File:Papyrus_Ani_curs_hiero.jpg
- Writing Tablet: By BabelStone - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18858601
- Greek pottery: By Marsyas (2007), CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=471575
- Traveling Poet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_tradition#/media/File:Kyrgyz_Manaschi,_Karakol.jpg
- Papyrus: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AbbottPapyrus-BritishMuseum-August21-08.jpg
- Scroll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll#/media/File:Scroll.jpg
- Library of Alexandria: By O. Von Corven - Tolzmann, Don Heinrich, Alfred Hessel and Reuben Peiss. The Memory of Mankind. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2307486
- Codex: By Kungl. biblioteket, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=216504
- Woodblock Printing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/printing-museums/29253410984
- Moveable Type: By Willi Heidelbach, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=154912
- Gutenberg Bible: By NYC Wanderer (Kevin Eng) (originally posted to Flickr as Gutenberg Bible) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
- Gutenberg Press: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg.press.jpg
- Rotary Printing Press: By A.H. Jocelyn (History of the Processes of Manufacture 1864) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons