Overview
- The award was conferred on November 3, with Republic World reporting the ceremony took place at Harvard University in the presence of scientists and dignitaries.
- Boston Global Forum credited him with personal mediation efforts in Colombia, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Kashmir.
- This year marks the award’s 10th anniversary, with past honorees including Ban Ki-moon, Angela Merkel, Shinzō Abe, Sauli Niinistö, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron.
- In his acceptance remarks, he urged governments to prioritize peacebuilding and called for a stress-free, violence-free society.
- Coverage also points to his Los Angeles-based Institute of Absolute Intelligence, which brings together neuroscientists, philosophers and AI experts to examine consciousness and technology.