Neopentecostalism and alternative therapies are advancing as society abandons enlightened reason. This is not a return to genuine faith, but a clear symptom: the Western system has failed to provide rational answers to suffering and uncertainty. Desperate people are buying certainties from pseudoscientists and sects, a market that moves fortunes without regulation.
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Big tech and pharmaceutical companies are closely watching this shift. A spiritual user is more gullible, consumes more holistic products without scientific basis, and is more vulnerable to algorithmic manipulation. Social media optimize their feeds to recommend everything from essential oils to digital prophecies, generating a consumption cycle that evades critical thinking. It is no coincidence that this market obscurantism coincides with the economic suffocation of enlightened rationalism.
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If the scientific method seems boring to you, you can always buy a stone to harmonize your chakras or an online course to talk to your inner self. The best part is that these therapies don't cure anything, but they empty your wallet just as effectively as a subscription app. Of course, while you buy your certainty, someone in Silicon Valley is programming an algorithm to offer you the next dose of faith in digital format.