India, Feb. 16 -- A discussion between Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and historian-author Yuval Noah Harari at the World Economic Forum in Davos focused on the weakening of global institutional trust and the growing fragility of the international order, according to a press release issued on the conversation.

Recorded on the sidelines of the Davos summit, the exchange examined how global cooperation can endure amid rising geopolitical tensions, polarization, and skepticism toward democratic and financial institutions. The conversation forms part of Kamath's "People by WTF" podcast series.

Harari said that large-scale human cooperation is built primarily on shared belief in institutions and common narratives rather than force. Financi...