1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Everyone keeps asking why the world feels so hectic at 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: the moment. If li for a movie, surely they would 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: call it one battle after another. Winston Peter's Judith Collins, 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: all of their counterparts in Europe, pretty much everywhere else 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: in the world all agree we're living in the most 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: dangerous era since the World wars. But why, Yes, there's Trump, 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: He's unpredictable, he's a bit nuts. But Trump is really 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: just a symptom of a wider problem, which is basically 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: the decline of America. Isn't it the last death rattle 10 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: of a superpower who knows its time is up? China's 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: military spending grew from one sixth to one third of 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: America's in the past decade. India about to overtake Germany 13 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: is the third largest economy in the world. The Russians 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: still hammering Ukraine four years into a European War, and 15 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: now Iran. But the world has lived through bigger wars before. 16 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: Its survived bigger battles. It survived the Spanish flu, It's COVID. 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: What's really changed that makes this feel more doomsday is 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: basically two things. I reckon globalization. Antich chnology took us 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: thousands of years to invent the wheel. Remember that, well, 20 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: you won't. It was long time ago. But in just 21 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: the last six months, we've created the most popular open 22 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: source technology project humanity has ever seen. It's called openclre. 23 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: If you haven't seen it, google it. It's an AI 24 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: personal assist that they can basically run your entire life 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: at the click of a button. That's happened in six months. 26 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: It didn't exist six months ago. We invent new technologies, 27 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: and the technologies now invent things themselves. They reshape labor markets, 28 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: they reshape entire economies and warfare. All you need now 29 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: is a couple of thirty thousand dollar drones, few speed boats, 30 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: and you can hold the world to ransom, not nuke's, 31 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: not a standing army, just a couple of drones and 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: a boat. We've made global trade and air travel so 33 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: efficient that we've come to rely on it more heavily 34 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: than we ever have before. We close our oil refineries 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: we import it instead, So when someone catches a flu 36 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: in China or Ohi gets choked in the Middle East, 37 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: we're basically buggered. News travels fast. We know what's happened 38 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: as soon as it happens. And so to the effects 39 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: of crisis and chaos abroad. Maybe the world only feels 40 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: so dangerous because we've made it so small. For more 41 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to News 42 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: Talks at B from five am weekdays, or follow the 43 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio.