Is the AI bubble about to burst? | Henrik Zeberg
TED Talks Daily
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🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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We are living through what may be the largest economic bubble in history, spanning AI, cryptocurrency and tech company stocks, says financial analyst Henrik Zeberg. He explores why the current AI-crypto bubble mirrors the great economic frenzies of the past, revealing the psychological forces behind them — and why it looks like we're repeating the same patterns again.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm your host, Elise Hu. |
| 0:13.7 | It sometimes feels like it's the only thing anyone's talking about, but are we actually living |
| 0:18.2 | through what may be the largest economic bubble in history, |
| 0:21.8 | spanning AI, mega-cap tech stocks, and cryptocurrency? In this talk, financial analyst Hanrick |
| 0:28.9 | Zberg takes us on a journey through history's economic bubbles from tulips and South Sea shares |
| 0:36.6 | to the dot-com craze, showing how crowd psychology and |
| 0:40.5 | speculation keep luring us in. By recognizing the patterns of this past, he says, we can better |
| 0:47.3 | navigate today's frenzy. Don't think you're special. |
| 0:56.0 | Don't think that you know more than we do. |
| 0:59.4 | These are some of the statements from the law of Yanty. |
| 1:03.2 | And I think that is dangerous. |
| 1:05.7 | I think that is actually driving a common thinking |
| 1:08.6 | that can bring, you know, hazard outcomes. |
| 1:13.4 | And today I want to talk about something that may be a little more dry, which is Bitcoin, |
| 1:18.9 | crypto, bubbles, financial bubbles. Bitcoin is a mineral disease. Bitcoin is a mineral disease. |
| 1:30.3 | Bitcoin is rat poison squared. |
| 1:34.3 | These are not my words. |
| 1:37.3 | These are the words of Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett. |
| 1:42.3 | Two of the most prominent investors this world has ever seen, most successful |
| 1:48.1 | investors, 5 million percent in returns over their investment careers, speaks for itself. |
| 1:56.0 | So when they talk and speak, and unfortunately, Mr. Munger is dead, but when they did talk or when |
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