Nothing is new under the moon.
"I assure you, shock, that this is a light presentation. Never before among schoolchildren there was such a disappointment, and all this was done by cursed inventions: guns, cartridges, bombardments, and the main book printing, this new German plague. There are no more manuscripts and books. The press kills the book trade. The last times come. – It is noticeable." (Cathedral of the Mother of God in Paris, V. Hugo)