Fareed Zakaria on our revolutionary moment

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Society & Culture, News, Politics, News Commentary, Philosophy

4.6 • 10.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Is it possible that we are living through one of the most revolutionary periods in human history? CNN’s Fareed Zakaria believes that we are and argues that the convergence of AI and the global backlash against liberal democracy are upending political orders around the world. He joins Sean to talk about how this period relates to history’s most impactful revolutions, both political and technological. Click here to take the Vox podcast survey Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Fareed Zakaria (@fareedzakaria). His new book is Age of Revolutions. Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Be the first to hear new episodes of The Gray Area by following us in your favorite podcast app. Links here: https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by: Producer: Jon Ehrens Engineer: Patrick Boyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
0:03.0	Krypto is like the financial system, but different.
0:07.0	It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,
0:11.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:13.7	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:18.4	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:21.3	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:25.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.
0:31.2	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
0:33.0	Krypto is like the financial system, but different.
0:37.0	It doesn't care where you come from, what do you look like, your credit score,
0:41.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:44.1	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:48.8	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:52.0	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:55.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. There's an old platitude. We live in extraordinary times. You've heard it. maybe even said it yourself.
1:15.0	When you heard about gene editing technology, or the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet,
1:22.0	or when the vending machine candy bar you bought knocked loose a bag of chips
1:26.2	on its way down and you got two treats for the price of one. And that's the problem with saying things like this. It depends on how you define what's ordinary.
1:43.9	I think a better question to ask might be,
1:46.8	do we live in revolutionary times?
1:55.0	I think the answer to that is yes. What makes this moment revolutionary, if it is revolutionary,
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