Is Israel breaking the rules of war?

2023-09-14

The Economist brought together Yuval Noah Harari and Mustafa Suleyman to grapple with the biggest technological revolution of our times. They debate the impact of AI on our immediate futures, how the technology can be controlled and whether it could ever have agency.

00:00 – Harari and Suleyman discuss the future of AI
00:51 – What will the world look like in 2028?
03:35 – Is AI comparable to an alien invasion?
06:22 – The importance of regulation

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Watch the full interview here: https://econ.st/48ajUzL

Yuval Noah Harari argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisation: https://econ.st/3PDyFUz

Yuval Noah Harari argues that what’s at stake in Ukraine is the direction of human history:

2023-08-24

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, is one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. His position seems unassailable, so why does he run his business empire as though it’s under constant threat?

00:00 – Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
00:58 – How did we get here?
01:31 – What are his successes?
03:15 – What are his failures?
04:50 – What does the future look like?

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Meta’s Threads app has better odds of usurping Twitter than previous clones had:
https://econ.st/45rKy4U

The Musk-Zuckerberg social-media smackdown: https://econ.st/44UYhB1

Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone?:
https://econ.st/3OXEdsn

Big tech and the pursuit of AI dominance:
https://econ.st/45vVwGx

How digital gaming spreads far and wide:

2023-07-28

In 2022 news broke that $2.5bn had been stolen in Iraq, the biggest bank heist ever. Nicolas Pelham, The Economist’s Middle East correspondent, follows the money

01:41 – The investigation begins
02:28 – Where did the money come from?
03:55- Who was Nur Zuheir?
04:29 – Following the trail in Baghdad
08:11- Corruption in Iraq
13:21 – The government changes course
15:46 – Who is complicit, really?
16:50 – What happened to the money?

Artwork based on illustrations by Mike McQuaid

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The Baghdad job: who was behind history’s biggest bank heist? https://econ.st/44KnMoM

After 20 years of trauma, Iraq is struggling to recover:

2023-07-27

After months of protest over reforms to the judicial system, many Israelis fear democracy is under threat. As the crisis grows, we explore what exactly Binyamin Netanyahu’s government is trying to achieve, and who is actually in charge of the chaos-stricken country.

00:00 – what does the Israeli right want?
00:59 – why the latest bill threatens democracy in Israel
02:00 – who is really in charge?
02:35 – the long term goals of the Israeli right

Why the latest bill threatens the state of Israel’s democracy: https://econ.st/44KCr3q

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For more stories on the Middle East & Africa: https://econ.st/3QhDSlt

Israel’s 75th anniversary: https://econ.st/3Qw4krV

More on Israel’s constitutional crisis: https://econ.st/3KeHwbY

2023-07-21

President Nayib Bukele’s brutal crackdown on crime has dramatically reduced the murder rate and won him favour with the public, but what’s the true cost of his war on gangs? The Economist’s deputy editor, Robert Guest, reports from El Salvador on how Bukele is using the fight against crime to amass power.

00:00 – Inside president Bukele’s crackdown
02:25 – How the public and the prisoners’ families have reacted
03:55 – El Salvador’s security minister on fair trials
05:13 – How Bukele is amassing power

Nayib Bukele shows how to dismantle a democracy and remain popular: https://econ.st/470cYVo

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For more stories from the Americas: https://econ.st/3NZFsG2

Young Latin Americans are unusually open to autocrats:

2023-07-21

2023-06-16

India has the largest diaspora in the world. But that isn’t the only reason why Indian migrants are so influential—in business, science and diplomacy.

00:00 – Why India’s diaspora matters
00:28 – Size
01:20 – Power
02:11 – Diplomacy

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India’s diaspora is bigger and more influential than any in history: https://econ.st/3J6sp3V

Indian firms are flocking to the United Arab Emirates: https://econ.st/3CrkZV2

India’s future will be shaped by its expats, says Gaurav Dalmia: https://econ.st/3X2qvqG

2023-06-07

How well, or badly, is Ukraine’s counter-offensive going? The country’s generals don’t want you to know