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Fareed Zakaria on our revolutionary moment


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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. 

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Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area

Guest: Fareed Zakaria (@fareedzakaria). His new book is Age of Revolutions.

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