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Everyone is focusing on photography.

1) it’s not the tech. It’s the rate of production. You had only 1 newspaper, no mass media, and boatloads of time in the 1800s

2) Before photography was created we lived in a world steeped in superstition, inequality and ignorance. A tiny economy compared to what we have today.

3) humanity changed with the advent of photography. It ushered in a new standard of proof that modern society depends on to this day.



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