Vinay Lal - The Conjuncture of the present: Challenges for the future of humankind May 112026

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In this lecture I outline eleven theses describing what I call the conjuncture of the present or eleven aspects of our current condition that pose unprecedented challenges for humanity and our planet.
Some of these elements I argue have existed before including for example a pronounced tilt toward authoritarianism and the decline of more or less established democracies such as the United States and India.
Some elements have been around for decades and we are increasingly aware of the dangers associated with them including global warming and climate change but some elements are entirely new including the emergence of artificial intelligence AI.
However never before have we witnessed such a coincidence or simultaneous presence of all these elements and this puts us in a position we have never been in before.

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