Historic co-determination helps monasteries navigate digital change
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#2In my country most monasteries are becoming luxury hotels so yes, they are adapting remarkably well to these times.
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#3Religion is one of the best at marketing and fund-raising since millenias. Why is it surprising that they adapt to new tech? They have done it for printing press before that.
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#4Well, AI is the New Messiah, and very VC backed at this point, so no surprise.
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#5Religion was behind the spread of printed books, at least here in Europe, so this seems in line.
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#6Religion was behind the spread of printed books, at least here in Europe, so this seems in line.
It was also behind unspeakable acts of massive cultural destruction, so there's that.
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#7In my country most monasteries are becoming luxury hotels so yes, they are adapting remarkably well to these times.
That is not a new phenomenon, per se. The hospitality industry was shaped by monasteries, based on the Rule of St. Benedict.
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#10Whats is always interesting about monestic life and its emergence (minus light sabers) is that society across cultures has created spaces for people who dont fit. This need has been recognized and supported for thousands of years.