Category: politics

Who Runs The World?

https://youtu.be/ta4U8G03q98 A clip from the new Under The Skin podcast episode with Yuval Noah Harari discussing power, AI and our future and identity as human beings.

Machiavelli

https://youtu.be/wsMs-DuGy1o BBC Documentary https://youtu.be/CKGuzJ6GwHM A Very Short Introduction | Quentin Skinner – Talks at Google

Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires

https://youtu.be/TISMidxdZoc Lex Fridman Podcast #251Ray Dalio is an investor, author, and founder of Bridgewater Associates.OUTLINE:0:00 – Introduction 0:42 – Money or power 4:18 – Big Cycle 24:11 – Collapse of the American Empire 32:38 – War 35:45 – Xi Jinping 41:49 – Importance of freedoms 47:52 – Democracy’s vulnerability 51:17 – Communism’s vulnerability 58:18 -…… Continue reading Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires

WWII America’s historical myths

https://youtu.be/JSJA5KzUSOk?si=v09ASMKrFV068qwF Was World War II really a “good war?” In this roundtable session, historians debate America’s various contested memories of World War II, from the still-popular view of the “good war” to other alternative memories presented at home and abroad. How was the notion of the “good war” shaped during the war and afterwards? Chair:…… Continue reading WWII America’s historical myths