Episode
60 Minutes: 10/31/2021: Democracy Lost, A New Model, The Future of Sapiens
Overview
How Daniel Ortega tossed democracy aside to maintain power in Nicaragua; A new model of architecture with communities in mind; Yuval Noah Harari on the power of data, artificial intelligence and the future of the human race.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 54
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2021-10-31
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
10/31/2021: Democracy Lost, A New Model, The Future of Sapiens is Episode 7 in Season 54 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2021-10-31. The runtime is 44 min.
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