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Why the world isn't fair: Yuval Noah Harari on AI, Ukraine, and Gaza

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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Technological Prerequisites for Democracy

Democracy is dependent on information technology for large-scale debates, which only became possible in the 18th century. Changes in information technology always impact democracy since before the late modern age, there was no technical capability for nationwide conversations. Tribal and city-state democracies like ancient Athens were limited by the lack of technology for broad discussions.

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