Since you wrote sapiens. It was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. It was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. Ijust wonder whether in the last decade, youve lost some of that optimism. I think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more and more places. I see it now in my home country of israel, which is really on the verge maybe of a constitutional crisis or even a civil war. Maybe what we need to understand specifically about democracies is that democracy, in essence, is a conversation. You know, dictatorship, there is one person dictates everything. Democracy is trying to reach some agreement through conversation, and conversation is not always possible. For most of history, large scale conversation was just technically impossible. You had small scale de
funding coal projects abroad but many economies are still dependent on the fossilfuel. many economies are still dependent on the fossil fuel. this includes india. when they continue to build these. fast developing nations set satisfy their demands by trying to curb emissions. this includes india where new plants continue to be built. so how do fast developing nations satisfy their demand for energy, while trying to curb emissions? our correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, has sent us this report, from one of india s largest coal producing regions. india s coal belt helps power this vast nation. more than two thirds of the country s energy production still depends on it. such is the demand that the country is planning on building, or expanding, dozens of mines in the coming years and also continues to import coal. there is pressure on india to reduce its emissions. but cutting coal use is a tricky balance. a major pollutant in the country, the dirtiest fuels, coal is also a major source