The Case for Youth in Politics | HE Omar Sultan Al Olama (One of the World's Youngest Ministers)

I sat down with His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, the UAE’s youngest minister and the world’s first AI Minister, to unpack how modern governments think about the future and the role younger leaders play in shaping it.

A last-minute conversation in Dubai that opened up a thoughtful discussion on youth in politics, leadership, and how AI is beginning to influence the way nations are governed.

Big thanks to ‪@IndiaGlobalForum‬ for creating the space for conversations like this, and Manoj Ladwa, a dear friend and a rare connector between India and the rest of the world. People like him, through IGF are helping frame the ideas that will define this decade, and bring them to life

00:00 – Introduction
01:24 – Why AI Changes the Power Balance Between Countries
05:05 – Jobs, Intelligence, & What AI Takes Away From Humans
13:20 – Why This Conversation Happened at IGF
15:42 – Making of a Minister
22:18 – Why does anything matter?
24:42 – Machiavelli
30:23 – Fear or love? How are Leaders Remembered?
33:26 – UAE's Legacy & It's Perpetual Importance
38:04 – How UAE goes about it's diasporic Governance
48:13 – Taxes, Value Exchange, and What Citizens Expect
55:09 – Education, Work, and the Path to Government
1:12:19 – The Phone Call That Made Him AI Minister at 27
1:14:22 – Corruption, Incentives, and Power Structures
1:24:46 – AI & Governance
1:27:55 – Global Neutrality, Building Bridges & Restraint
1:37:49 – Blockchain, Discourse, and Closing Reflections

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