Unlike Samuel, Cameron wasn't intimidated by that description of Ludo; in fact, they had to try not to laugh. "This is probably blasphemy, but it sounds like a Halloween decoration."
Listening to Sam talk about the personality of the books, Cam grew more sober, nodding. "I can definitely see that. The printing press is useful for getting a lot of copies of a book or paper -- it made modern society possible, at home, because you could communicate one idea to so many people. But there's definitely something lost in that act of mass-production. I think ... it's a lot easier to treat typesetters and editors as invisible than scribes. Though even with a printing press, a person still has to put the book together."
Cam smiled at Sam's example, leaning in to examine the page. "That is really cool. It preserves the thoughts, the mind of someone ... but a printed book can do that too -- just for the author, not for the scribe -- and when there are hundreds of copies of a book, it tends to stick around longer."
Quickly, they added, "Not that I'm saying you're wrong! Hand-written books are more personal. But when you have millions or billions of people trying to read something, you kind of need a printing press."
Listening to Sam talk about the personality of the books, Cam grew more sober, nodding. "I can definitely see that. The printing press is useful for getting a lot of copies of a book or paper -- it made modern society possible, at home, because you could communicate one idea to so many people. But there's definitely something lost in that act of mass-production. I think ... it's a lot easier to treat typesetters and editors as invisible than scribes. Though even with a printing press, a person still has to put the book together."
Cam smiled at Sam's example, leaning in to examine the page. "That is really cool. It preserves the thoughts, the mind of someone ... but a printed book can do that too -- just for the author, not for the scribe -- and when there are hundreds of copies of a book, it tends to stick around longer."
Quickly, they added, "Not that I'm saying you're wrong! Hand-written books are more personal. But when you have millions or billions of people trying to read something, you kind of need a printing press."
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