⏸ What the printing press and stagnation in the Islamic world teach about AI. One of the classic cautionary tales of Down Wing technological rejectionism is the story of the Ottoman Empire and ...

If Congress relied on federal printing presses to fund its spending, then by definition the spending footprint of Congress would be very small. Yes, you read that right. No need to read it again.

The printing press was invented around 1450 and the design was hardly changed for the next 400 years. The biggest improvement upon the printing press was the linotype in the late 1800s, ...