Nicolas Berggruen
@nicolasberggruen.bsky.social
Co-Founder of Berggruen Institute, Noema Mag
Co-author of #RenovatingDemocracy (http://amzn.to/2CBhxJ3)
A believer that ideas can make a better world. #IdeasMatter
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Co-author of #RenovatingDemocracy (http://amzn.to/2CBhxJ3)
A believer that ideas can make a better world. #IdeasMatter
www.nicolasberggruen.com
Universalism is a nice idea, but it isn’t realistic.
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Chapter 13: Culture | by Nicolas Berggruen
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November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Universalism is a nice idea, but it isn’t realistic.
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As AI spreads across all enterprises, our divided societies will fracture further unless there is some form of distribution that shares the wealth.
My piece on Universal Basic Capital in the @financialtimes.com mes.com
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My piece on Universal Basic Capital in the @financialtimes.com mes.com
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Universal basic credit would create a fair AI economy
Predistribution, not redistribution, is needed to close the inequality gap
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October 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As AI spreads across all enterprises, our divided societies will fracture further unless there is some form of distribution that shares the wealth.
My piece on Universal Basic Capital in the @financialtimes.com mes.com
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My piece on Universal Basic Capital in the @financialtimes.com mes.com
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Life doesn’t owe you anything - it is you who owe it everything. Your bond is to live.
October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Life doesn’t owe you anything - it is you who owe it everything. Your bond is to live.
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“In moments of across-the-board upheaval such as we are presently living through, the best guide to the future comes from looking at similarly portentous periods in the long past.”
—Nathan Gardels
#history
—Nathan Gardels
#history
Creative Disruption In The Order Of The World | NOEMA
Today’s global rupture is like the shift from ancient China’s Spring and Autumn stability to the tumult of the Warring States period.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“In moments of across-the-board upheaval such as we are presently living through, the best guide to the future comes from looking at similarly portentous periods in the long past.”
—Nathan Gardels
#history
—Nathan Gardels
#history
Given our world in flux, Michael Sandel’s illumination of what it means to be a good human and his infusion of ethics and reasoning into public discourse are necessary.
@berggruen.org is proud to award Michael Sandel with the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture.
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@berggruen.org is proud to award Michael Sandel with the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture.
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Berggruen Institute
Ideas for a Changing World.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Given our world in flux, Michael Sandel’s illumination of what it means to be a good human and his infusion of ethics and reasoning into public discourse are necessary.
@berggruen.org is proud to award Michael Sandel with the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture.
berggruen.org/eu/prize
@berggruen.org is proud to award Michael Sandel with the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture.
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AI is a train we can’t get off - let’s work on the journey and the destination.
AI
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October 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
AI is a train we can’t get off - let’s work on the journey and the destination.
Life is relational: my engagement with others, and theirs with me.
Life
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October 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Life is relational: my engagement with others, and theirs with me.
Throughout the arc of civilization, money has served as motivation, medium, and measure—an application of human energy and desire. So it is, for now, with AI. But as AI evolves toward true agency, it will no longer merely generate wealth; it will transcend and potentially disintermediate it.
September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Throughout the arc of civilization, money has served as motivation, medium, and measure—an application of human energy and desire. So it is, for now, with AI. But as AI evolves toward true agency, it will no longer merely generate wealth; it will transcend and potentially disintermediate it.
Humans may be all equal, yet not within cultures, communities, and families - equality is a noble yet unrealistic wish.
Culture
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September 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Humans may be all equal, yet not within cultures, communities, and families - equality is a noble yet unrealistic wish.
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The only path forward for tackling the climate crisis hinges on cooperative industrial strategies to coordinate clean energy investment & infrastructure development, @bentleyallan.bsky.social argues.
The New Geopolitics Of The Green Transition | NOEMA
The only path forward for tackling the climate crisis hinges on cooperative industrial strategies to coordinate clean energy investment and infrastructure development.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The only path forward for tackling the climate crisis hinges on cooperative industrial strategies to coordinate clean energy investment & infrastructure development, @bentleyallan.bsky.social argues.
Chapter 02: America | by Nicolas Berggruen
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September 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The contradiction of the American dream.
Chapter 02: America | by Nicolas Berggruen
The contradiction of the American dream.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The contradiction of the American dream.
Allow a multitude of opinions and cultures but cooperate on key issues.
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Chapter 47: The Planetary | by Nicolas Berggruen
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August 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Allow a multitude of opinions and cultures but cooperate on key issues.
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Cities
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August 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A look inside @noemamag.com ....
Noema is a magazine whose goal is not to “keep up” but to slow down and think.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we do what we do.
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Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we do what we do.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A look inside @noemamag.com ....
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We're thrilled to announce the release of Issue VI! 🙌
The theme is “Paradigm Shifts,” with beautiful cover art by Mia Angioy.
Check out this year's edition & grab a copy for yourself — it's on pre-sale now 🎉
#noema #magazines #indiemagazines
The theme is “Paradigm Shifts,” with beautiful cover art by Mia Angioy.
Check out this year's edition & grab a copy for yourself — it's on pre-sale now 🎉
#noema #magazines #indiemagazines
Introducing Noema VI: Paradigm Shifts | NOEMA
Profound transformations occurring simultaneously mark our new Age of Upheaval.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We're thrilled to announce the release of Issue VI! 🙌
The theme is “Paradigm Shifts,” with beautiful cover art by Mia Angioy.
Check out this year's edition & grab a copy for yourself — it's on pre-sale now 🎉
#noema #magazines #indiemagazines
The theme is “Paradigm Shifts,” with beautiful cover art by Mia Angioy.
Check out this year's edition & grab a copy for yourself — it's on pre-sale now 🎉
#noema #magazines #indiemagazines
Humans may be all equal, yet they aren’t within cultures, communities and families - equality is an unrealistic wish, albeit noble.
July 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Humans may be all equal, yet they aren’t within cultures, communities and families - equality is an unrealistic wish, albeit noble.
Our goal with Studio B is to build a bridge between the creative imagination of Hollywood and the frontier thinking of the Berggruen Institute. We believe storytelling has a critical role to play in shaping how societies imagine & build the future
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Daniel Kwan and VR Pioneer Jaron Lanier to Discuss Storytelling Versus Algorithm at Studio B Salon
The private event will mark the end of the third edition of Vaster Than Empires (VTE), a speculative storytelling retreat hosted by Berggruen’s Studio B and its Future Humans program.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our goal with Studio B is to build a bridge between the creative imagination of Hollywood and the frontier thinking of the Berggruen Institute. We believe storytelling has a critical role to play in shaping how societies imagine & build the future
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Divided over how to define “the good life,” culture wars are being fought across the Western world over who gets to normalize the norms of society.
Such fights could lead to endless strife & the ultimate downfall of the West as a common civilizational presence, Nathan Gardels writes.
#nationalism
Such fights could lead to endless strife & the ultimate downfall of the West as a common civilizational presence, Nathan Gardels writes.
#nationalism
‘Civilizational Nationalism’ | NOEMA
The West is in conflict with itself.
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July 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Divided over how to define “the good life,” culture wars are being fought across the Western world over who gets to normalize the norms of society.
Such fights could lead to endless strife & the ultimate downfall of the West as a common civilizational presence, Nathan Gardels writes.
#nationalism
Such fights could lead to endless strife & the ultimate downfall of the West as a common civilizational presence, Nathan Gardels writes.
#nationalism
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“An approach to health that is confined to the individual & ignores planetary destabilization is like carefully tending a wilting flower while ignoring the poisoned soil, acid rain & encroaching desert around it.”
— @nilsgilman.bsky.social et al
#health #healthcare #planetary
— @nilsgilman.bsky.social et al
#health #healthcare #planetary
The Future Of Health On A Damaged Planet | NOEMA
The future of health will be planetary or there will be no future health at all.
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July 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“An approach to health that is confined to the individual & ignores planetary destabilization is like carefully tending a wilting flower while ignoring the poisoned soil, acid rain & encroaching desert around it.”
— @nilsgilman.bsky.social et al
#health #healthcare #planetary
— @nilsgilman.bsky.social et al
#health #healthcare #planetary
Reposted by Nicolas Berggruen
🥈Investigative Reporting, Magazines for “The Rise Of the Bee Bandits” by @olliemilman.bsky.social: www.noemamag.com/the-rise-of-...
The Rise Of The Bee Bandits | NOEMA
Where once there was cattle and horse rustling, the American West is now confronting the theft of its bees.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Western culture equates the life journey with the capability of humans and individuals. We went from being overwhelmed by nature to empowering ourselves; even when we believe that we are in the hands of God, we think that we are able to affect our destiny by our behavior.
June 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Western culture equates the life journey with the capability of humans and individuals. We went from being overwhelmed by nature to empowering ourselves; even when we believe that we are in the hands of God, we think that we are able to affect our destiny by our behavior.
Perception is reality. Our reality - with its illusions. The closest to a minimum reality we can reach is simply the awareness of being.
June 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Perception is reality. Our reality - with its illusions. The closest to a minimum reality we can reach is simply the awareness of being.
Obvious political might resides where visible: the White House, Zhongnanhai; while civil society’s power is embedded in daily life - that’s where Silicon Valley’s influence, or its equivalent in China, resides.
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Politics
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June 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Obvious political might resides where visible: the White House, Zhongnanhai; while civil society’s power is embedded in daily life - that’s where Silicon Valley’s influence, or its equivalent in China, resides.
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In an age of abundance fueled by AI, people will have the time and the inclination to seek the deeply human, physically real, and beautiful, making a case for Europe.
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Europe
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June 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In an age of abundance fueled by AI, people will have the time and the inclination to seek the deeply human, physically real, and beautiful, making a case for Europe.
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