Nexus: Yuval Noah Harari on AI, Digital Empires and the Silicon Curtain

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Previously titled “The Silicon Curtain Is Closing. Welcome to the Post-AI World: (Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari)” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 4, 2026

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There’s no going back.Whatever this book has taught us, there was a pre-AI world and there is a post-AI world. And however it plays out, nothing will ever be the same.In the final chapter of Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari lays out the cold new reality: AI isn’t building one future — it’s fracturing the world into competing digital empires. Separate hardware. Separate software. Separate truths.Mark and Jeremy break it all down. The tipping points, the digital arms race, and what it means when the machines stop speaking the same language.Inside this episode:What “The Silicon Curtain” really means and how it's already hereHow data colonialism is shaping AI ecosystems with zero consentThe mind-body problem in the age of avatars and deepfakesWhat happens when digital personas feel more real than real peopleWhy the next great power struggles will be waged through code, not missilesAnd how to build wiser networks in a world pulling itself apartThis is not a story about AGI. It’s a story about power, perception, and the quiet end of global consensus.One system won’t win. They’ll just stop cooperating.Welcome to the post-AI world. Try to stay human.Please enjoy the show.And don't have nightmares.–Chapters(00:00) Disruptors and curious minds(01:54) My AI Epiphany(02:54) The precondition for cooperation isn't similarity. It's the ability to exchange information(04:28) AI Pessimism - How many nefarious bad actors do you need(05:50) The Liverpool Manchester Train moment for AI(06:48) Google was an AI company in 2002(08:21) Cats and consciousness(08:55) ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge(11:50) The mind-body problem and online identities(15:26) Veneer theory and realism(17:22) Data colonialism and digital "cocoons"(21:58) Epilogue: Create wiser networks(24:13) How to be wise in the age of AI--Read books with us: www.thinkingonpaper.xyz

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