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The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything | Yuval Noah Harari | TED

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Concerned about the war Ukraine? You're not alone. Historian Yuval Noah Harari provides important context on the Russian invasion, including Ukraine's long history of resistance, the specter of nuclear war and his view of why, even if Putin wins all the military battles, he's already lost the war. This conversation, hosted by TED global curator Bruno Giussani, was part of a TED Membership event on March 1, 2022. Visit http://ted.com/membership to become a TED Member and support our mission of spreading ideas. Follow TED! Twitter:   / tedtalks   Instagram:   / ted   Facebook:   / ted   LinkedIn:   / ted-conferences   TikTok:   / tedtoks   The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Tal …...more
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Intro

0:00

Ukrainians are not Russians

1:21

Ukraines desire for independence

4:05

The Russian model

5:48

The longterm goal

7:27

The bottom line

10:55

The culture war

14:59

The decline of war

18:46

The return of nuclear weapons

22:05

Repairing the global house

24:11

Seeds of hatred

26:04

Historians and history

27:43

Germany

30:12

Information

31:18

China

33:24

Chinas role

34:18

Did diplomacy fail

35:40

What makes this situation unique

37:20

Could this crisis accelerate climate action

40:28

How do you look at President Zelensky

42:47

Is the sanctions effective

44:17

An analogy to Syria

46:14

The sentiment in the street

48:05
The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything | Yuval Noah Harari | TED
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Concerned about the war Ukraine? You're not alone. Historian Yuval Noah Harari provides important context on the Russian invasion, including Ukraine's long history of resistance, the specter of nuclear war and his view of why, even if Putin wins all the military battles, he's already lost the war. This conversation, hosted by TED global curator Bruno Giussani, was part of a TED Membership event on March 1, 2022. Visit http://ted.com/membership to become a TED Member and support our mission of spreading ideas. Follow TED! Twitter:   / tedtalks   Instagram:   / ted   Facebook:   / ted   LinkedIn:   / ted-conferences   TikTok:   / tedtoks   The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Watch more: https://go.ted.com/yuvalnoahharari22    • The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything...   TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz.... For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com #TED #YuvalNoahHarari

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