Imagine being surrounded by an endless buffet of information but leaving the table still feeling hungry for real knowledge. That’s the Gutenberg Paradox in a nutshell—a contradiction where the abundance of information available today leaves us more overwhelmed than enlightened. The Historical Context on Gutenberg’s Revolution Back in the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg turned the world on its head with his printing press, making knowledge accessible like never before. Books went from being a rare luxury for the elite to something even commoners could enjoy. This paved the way for the Renaissance and Enlightenment movements, and a whole host of intellectual revolutions that changed human history. People read, people learned,…