Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a globally renowned thinker and philosopher best known for his "black swan theory," visited Armenia last week. He sat down with CivilNet’s Eric Hacopian to talk about science, artificial intelligence, and current societal developments. Taleb is the author of several bestselling books, including: -Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options (1997) -Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (2001) -The Black Swan: The Impact of the H

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In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about the Covid-19 pandemic and its future implications. They discuss: -failures of global leadership -widespread distrust of institutions -benefits of nationalism and its current unraveling in the U.S. -politics as a way of reconciling competing desires -consequences of misinformation -enduring respect for science -future of surveillance -the changing role of religion -and other topics Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in Histor