The sky's our giant time machine looking at the past. And parenthesis here, actually you are seeing me in the past as well. You see me about one billionth of a second ago, right?
some academics at the University of Southern Denmark came up with a wonderful notion of the Gutenberg parenthesis and they argue that before the parenthesis our knowledge was oral and scribal and shared mouth-to-mouth room ixed along the way it emphasized process over product it often had patrons rather than markets it was
to do together, and are trying to create a society around that. In "The Gutenberg Parenthesis ," I wrote about trying to reimagine copyright around what I call "credit right," which is to recognize that people bring value
So please drop any questions you have in the chat on the right. In his book "The Gutenberg Parenthesis ," Jeff Jarvis takes us on a journey through the 500-year historical period bookended-- pun intended-- by the introduction of the printing press in the early 15th century and the advent of the internet and the digital age at the end of the 20th century.
But something told me that that was going to be the end of the parenthesis . I told people even back then, oh man, I feel like I'm a ghost walking through my funeral.
because you are living with a singles bar in your pocket right that's a very tough situation what that also means is at Marissa and Chris's wedding parenthesis I'm Chris's old roommate from Purdue dot dot dot and parenthesis
That was not fun. I still can't look at a parenthesis without like, shaking a little to this day. I think you're selling yourself a little bit short.
anonymous there wasn't a sense of authorship and ownership and it was about protecting ancient knowledge better than encouraging current knowledge modern knowledge in the Gutenberg parenthesis right textual made us think in a linear fashion McLuhan says that the sentence and this sentence is an example of this is a straight line and that's the way we tend
This phrase comes from three academics at the University of Southern Denmark, Tom Pettitt, Lars Ole Sauerberg, and Marianne Borch, who argue that the era of print is an exception, a parenthesis in history and that as we leave the era of print, not that print's going to die, we can learn much from what came before.
are going to focus on finding the good, the authoritative, the brilliant, the talented to discover and share and nurture that in this new culture that we create together. So that's a very quick view of "The Gutenberg Parenthesis ." And so I look forward to discussing this with you, Sanders, and with the group. Thank you so much, Jeff, for that eloquent summary of the entire history of the print era in about five minutes.
to do together, and are trying to create a society around that. What's fascinating is that it marks its own parenthesis and says that the age of typography was replaced by the age of television.
of like-minded artists and whatnot. And I'll say that the beginning of that parenthesis , the reason why all those artists came together was because, back in 1997, we used to have these jam sessions in our living room and at our studio with an unknown Jill Scott, with an unknown Erykah, with--
But I usually have a beginning and an ending. Sort of a-- you know sort of a-- the parenthesis of the story. I kind of know where it's going.
to do together, and are trying to create a society around that. The point, the entire point of "The Gutenberg Parenthesis ," the entire point of looking at the choices that were made, good and bad, as we entered into the age of print,
because you are living with a singles bar in your pocket right that's a very tough situation what that also means is meet you too currently enjoying my birthday weekend with lots of good Mexican food parenthesis it happens when your birthday is Cinco to Mayo hope you
year old kid now works here. The point though, is that every step along the way from the police to the child welfare agency to the judge, the answer to the question was always the same: "I hate to do it, parenthesis , I know this is stupid, closed parenthesis , but we have to follow procedure." Judge Forer, as I said, was required to follow procedure and changed Michael's sentence and the result she found so intolerable that she quit. And then there's education. If we think
It's an honor to be here, and I really always enjoy conversations with Googlers. I thought I would take just a minute or two to explain what the heck "The Gutenberg Parenthesis " is. This phrase comes from three academics at the University of Southern Denmark, Tom Pettitt, Lars Ole Sauerberg, and Marianne Borch, who argue that the era of print
to do together, and are trying to create a society around that. And I'll just remind the audience again that Jeff's book, "The Gutenberg Parenthesis ," is now available in print book form as well as in the Google Play Store
it and for the idea um of the TV series um will it pick up where the book left off or will it be an adaptation a prequel a parenthesis that's all up in the air I don't think it's going to be a prequel okay the first instinct is always to to adapt the book because that
it's not one public sphere it has many public spheres many public's that are created through these tools some academics at the University of Southern Denmark came up with a wonderful notion of the Gutenberg parenthesis and they argue that before the parenthesis our knowledge was oral and scribal and shared mouth-to-mouth
to think things have a beginning and an end they are authored they are owned their permanent their one way their products now we come back out to the modern end they argue of the group of the of the good / parenthesis and we are not saying that we return to what it was before but but some of the traits are similar it's more oral pastor or
I'm sorry i really like driving me nuts you can't see it but I swear it's here it really is here so this this idea that we change what they argued is that when we came into the Gutenberg parenthesis it confused the out of people it was very troubling it changed the way they looked at the world and now that we come out on
had disliked the names of both the Western and the Eastern months so he invented his own names February is lights August is Hannibal event organizers threw up their hands and put the Western year in parenthesis somewhere on their announcements other libyans just threw up their hands why do we keep using different names Bell at a
Hello, everyone. My name is Sanders Kleinfeld, and it's my pleasure to welcome Jeff Jarvis to Talks at Google to discuss his new book, "The Gutenberg Parenthesis -- The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet." If you're joining us on the live stream today,
Thank you so much, Jeff, for that eloquent summary of the entire history of the print era in about five minutes. That's amazing. So first off, I just wanted to say that I really love the metaphor of Gutenberg's Parenthesis and how it really conveys the idea that we should consider that historical era as really a digression.
And I think we definitely need to be doing that same thing with the internet, and that means looking at things from that multidisciplinary perspective. I'm really curious to hear more about what that journey has looked like for you as a journalist, moving out of that Gutenberg Parenthesis into this new world.
Get that, pay attention to tone of voice and what's going on there. Like, that's why I start with Maria, who happens, in parenthesis , to identify with INFP.