Technological disruption differs from nuclear war and ecological collapse in difficulty of coordination because some actors (corporations, governments) rationally believe they can win an AI arms race and thereby control the world economy and political system, making it harder to convince all parties that cooperation is in their interest.

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Yuval Noah Harari

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with technological disruption it's much more difficult because there are a lot some people corporations and governments think and with some good reason that they can win an AI arms race and they can control the world economy or the world political system with that so it's much more difficult to convince them that everybody is on the same site

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Yuval Noah Harari: How to Survive the 21st Century- Davos 2020Yuval Noah Harari
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:44:57 PM

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