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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Yuval Noah Harari thinks humans are unstoppable

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Democracy Is Not a Prophecy

I worry that we're going to look back in a few decades if we make it there and go, what an obscene waste of moral energy and attention. I think this election is basically about the very existence of democracy. If people make the wrong decisions, then the next presidential elections could be the last democratic elections in UNICEh story. What's the chances? I don't know, 20%, 25%. But it's still a very high chance if you think what is at stake.

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