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The quote says that books were a highly useful technology for many centuries. It suggests that printed writing once had a long period of dominance before newer ways of sharing text appeared.
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About Jacob Weisberg
American political journalist
Jacob Weisberg is an American political journalist and editor. He served as editor in chief of The Slate Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company, and later left Slate to co-found Pushkin Industries in 2018 with journalist Malcolm Gladwell. He was also a Newsweek columnist and spent six years as editor of Slate magazine before stepping down in 2008. He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and municipal commissioner.
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