Thinking back to the discussion at Vanderbilt led by Weinberger and AKMA, and the debate that arose over the nature, role, status, and value of "the expert", I was just thinking about the way the Church leaders of Luther's day looked at him and his use of "printing" as a channel to circulate his views. They immediately procalimed the printing press as "evil" because it allowed "just anybody" to be heard by a larger public than they as "official leaders" had gained over the centuries. The Church had, in conjuntion and cahoots with the crown, a mponopoly on the "truth" and the "education" of the day, and so wielded enormous power. Read more in Some Peasant Monk
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