Who actually runs the world today

Introduction

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History, change, and writing books

1:31

Religion as humanity's most powerful fiction

3:57

Geopolitics, power, and losing trust

9:33

Greenland, tariffs, and negotiation tactics

16:27

Democracy's self-correcting mechanism under threat

19:53

AI taking over religion's authority

28:19

Purpose, suffering, and controlling your mind

33:44

Algorithms destroyed the public conversation

39:59

No purpose, just understanding suffering

48:02

Nobody runs the world alone

1:02:38

Can capitalism survive without human effort

1:07:50

Venezuela, Iran, and rebuilding democracy

1:14:44

Don't believe everything is just power

1:21:11