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# The Mechanization of Knowledge
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/the-mechanization-of-knowledge/
- Published: 2018-10-22T14:30:06.000Z
- Updated: 2018-10-22T14:30:06.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: publishing

> “Improvements in communication make for increased difficulties of understanding.” — [Harold Innis](http://www.roughtype.com/?p=8557&ref=cjchilvers.com)

This quote messed with my head for a while, yet it accurately describes the point we're at with some forms of online publishing. Breaking the barriers and killing off the gatekeepers was supposed to be freeing. But what if it wasn't compatible with our brains?

Also, this quote is from 1950.