Before the 15th century, true wealth wasn’t just land or gold—it was knowledge. An intangible power capable of building empires or destroying them, locked away in silent monasteries and guarded by the elite. Then came Johannes Gutenberg. From my perspective, the printing press was the AI or the Internet of its era. It democratized information, shattered monopolies on learning, and fundamentally reshaped human history—fueling the Protestant Reformation and changing how the wor