People tend to bring this up as some sort of forceful counter-example, but the printing press contributed significantly to religious sectarianism in Europe, fuelling the religious wars of the 16th and 17th century which killed over a third of the German population.
Books might not have been burned, but about 50.000 'witches' did.
A rapid increase in the dissemination of information in systems that have no mechanism to tolerate them is no trivial matter.
Witch burning pre-dates the printing press. Might want to look up the 13th century some time. Didn't know there were any anti-printing press advocates left out there. I thought y'all died off during the Enlightenment? As far as sectarianism goes, the Catholic hegemony was never going to last forever. And Europe was plagued with sectarian violence for thousands of years. Free exchange of information is the one thing that eventually got them to come together.
Books might not have been burned, but about 50.000 'witches' did.
A rapid increase in the dissemination of information in systems that have no mechanism to tolerate them is no trivial matter.