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Lots of people have fought and died in wars over the belief that a book was the literal Word of God, and some of those wars lasted a lifetime.

In the future we can do that with videos. But it won't be anything new.

I'm not disputing that, I'm saying there's precedent to expect it will wreck societies.

Also, I do think video is _much_ more powerful than the written word.

Literacy is not required.

Watching video is far more engaging and entrancing than reading books to most people.

Video can be broadcast and consumed by huge numbers of people _much_ faster than written text.

Unless someone is reading text out loud, the people around them aren't influenced.

In court, especially the court of public opinion, video is currently infallible.