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Is Kurlansky's "technological fallacy" a thing?
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In Mark Kurlansky's book, Paper, he talks about the "technological fallacy". This is the idea that people think a technological change like the invention or re-invention of paper or printing press caused the increased spread of new ideas. Instead, Kurlansky notes that an increased need for a way to quickly spread ideas played an important role in causing a technology to take off. Is this an idea that exists and has a name among professional historians? Are there other canonical examples of the fallacy?
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