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Sundar interview, take four. a mark. b mark. sundar, lets start by talking a bit about this moment in history. in my work for the bbc over the last few years, ive been arguing that were living through a kind of epoch shift. technology is central to that. when you think about your career, when you think about the pandemic weve just been through, the transformations to come, where do you think you would put us? where do you think we are as a species in the long story that is humanity? wow, its a b...

That level of progress. i go through these thought experiments and i ask, what must it have been when the printing press was invented or during the industrial revolution? but i do think the change is accelerating, if you will. and just when youre getting used to something, things seem to be moving on beyond that. you said to the new york times in 2018, "technology doesnt solve humanitys problems, it was always naive to think so." what did you mean by that? technology is an enabler, so i think it...

When you think about your career, when you think about the pandemic weve just been through, the transformations to come, where do you think you would put us? where do you think we are as a species in the long story that is humanity? wow, its a big question... well start big, and well get narrower as we go along. look, ive always felt there is this constant progress which comes with technology, and it almost happens whether or not humans actually want that level of progress. i go through these th...

Story that is humanity? wow, its a big question... well start big, and well get narrower as we go along. look, ive always felt there is this constant progress which comes with technology, and it almost happens whether or not humans actually want that level of progress. i go through these thought experiments and i ask, what must it have been when the printing press was invented or during the industrial revolution? but i do think the change is accelerating, if you will. and just when youre getting...