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I've spent years studying how religious institutions maintain power through controlling information. In this video, I explore how technological revolutions have continuously weakened this control—from Gutenberg's printing press that sparked the Protestant Reformation to today's internet that's causing unprecedented drops in religious affiliation. But the real game-changer is just beginning: artificial intelligence threatens to completely eliminate information gatekeeping by instantly translating and explaining any religious text, fact-checking claims in seconds, and making the entire world's knowledge accessible to everyone. Religious authorities who've maintained power by controlling what people can understand about their faith are about to face their ultimate challenge, one they cannot possibly win.
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