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Books. In the dark ages they were hand copied by monks, and were so expensive only the wealthiest could afford them. Eventually movable type was invented, first by the Chinese in 1040, then again by the Germans four hundred years later. The price of books quickly plummeted. More people could get their hands on books, and thus more people could be taught to read, and thus more people learned to read, and thus more people had a reason to buy books in the first place. This brought about the Renaissance, and then the Industrial Revolution. Things got much better, much quicker, thanks to this revolutionary cheap way to produce and distribute media. Then, in 1969 the Internet was invented by the US Department of Defense, and then again by Al Gore in 1991.