During his three-decade career in academia, Niall Ferguson has explored the critical inflection points that have shaped the course of history — and the future it continues to inform.

In this conversation, hosted by Aditya Agarwal and Jonathan Brebner, he delves into why we may be living through a civilizational minus one, how history leaves subtle traces of what’s to come, the rise of AI, and much more.

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3. Jonathan Brebner- https://x.com/JPBrebner

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00:00 Trailer

00:59 Introduction

02:02 Civilizational -1

05:33 Warfare

08:45 Media and history

13:05 Tech doesn't want the past

17:26 Our awesomeness knows no bounds

19:34 Narrativizing your personal history

26:55 Big moves framework

33:22 Institutions

37:15 Artificial general intelligence

39:52 Vision for the future

45:30 Outro

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