In this conversation, Yuval Noah Harari and Jared Diamond explore the impact of artificial intelligence, social media, technology, history, and human evolution on modern civilization.

From the dangers of misinformation and digital addiction to the rise of AI and the fragility of democratic societies, Harari and Diamond analyze the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century — and what history can teach us about surviving them.

Yuval Noah Harari and Jared Diamond in a conversation moderated by Ronaldo Lemos during the 'Global Citizen' event at Teatro Santander - São Paulo, Brazil - November 6, 2019.

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"The End of History' Revisited" was given on June 28, 2007 as part of Long Now's Seminar series.

In this episode of Scienze X Storia, political scientist and author Francis Fukuyama revisits his famous “End of History” thesis and reflects on the state of liberal democracy in the 21st century.

Fukuyama discusses the rise of populism, nationalism, authoritarianism, and geopolitical rivalry in a world that looks very different from the optimistic post-Cold War era in which his original thesis was formulated. The conversation explores whether liberal democracy is still capable of adapting to technological change, economic inequality, political polarization, and the growing influence of powers such as China and Russia.

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In December 2025, renowned historian and public intellectual Niall Ferguson was the featured guest at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Voices That Inspire speaker series in Vancouver. Ferguson explores one of the defining questions of our time: does the West still have a future?

Drawing from his work Civilization: The West and the Rest, Ferguson discusses the institutions and ideas that made Western societies globally dominant — from competition and science to the rule of law, private property, and the work ethic — and examines whether the West is now losing confidence in the very principles that once fueled its success.

The conversation touches on the rise of China, the return of great-power rivalry, the meaning of freedom in a new Cold War, and the cultural and political challenges facing liberal democracies today. A wide-ranging discussion on history, geopolitics, civilization, and the future of the Western world.

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