The Work of Writing in the Age of Technological Reproducibility

The tools for writing are constantly evolving. They may seem straightforward to us — what could be more banal than a typewriter, or pen and paper. But that banal image comes only after a long period of consolidation — typewriter was a new tool introduced in 1870s.

Hansen-Malling writing ball, whose first user was Frederich Nietzsche

Typewriter’s mass adoption came several decades later, where the device was perfected for…