Beff Jezos cites Pope's 1501 printing crackdown: control of knowledge repeats
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-12
e/acc founder Guillaume Verdon (beffjezos) quotes Pope Alexander VI's 1501 decree seeking full control over printers, drawing a parallel to today's incumbents' panic over technologies that accelerate knowledge dissemination. His take: caving to control efforts drags civilization back toward a Dark Age—'knowledge wants to be free.'
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