Yuval Noah Harari
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Historian and bestselling author of 'Sapiens', 'Homo Deus', '21 Lessons for the 21st Century', 'Nexus', 'Unstoppable Us' and 'Sapiens: A Graphic History'.
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Is AI creating heaven or hell on Earth? Make up your mind with The AI Doc: a relatable investigation of how AI is shaping our future – featuring Yuval Noah Harari alongside Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Deborah Raji, Yoshua Bengio, and Karen Hao. Official Selection at this year's Sundance Festival, available to watch at home:
Yuval Noah Harari57,263 Aufrufe • vor 17 Tagen
When I say that Bitcoin is a currency of distrust, I'm just repeating what Bitcoin fans themselves say. There may be good reasons not to trust the banks and governments that create dollars, yens, and other currencies – but that doesn’t change the fact that the preference for Bitcoin is based on distrust of human institutions. Why is this an alarming development? Because the whole purpose of money is to create trust between strangers. Financial devices like currencies, bonds and shares – 90% of which are just data in computers – build trust between millions of strangers, who can then pool their knowledge and resources together, and cooperate. Humans control the world because we learned to do this. If we now lose trust in human institutions, this will limit the amount of money and handicap economic activity and cooperation. I hope that humanity finds a way to build trustworthy human institutions, instead of adopting technologies of distrust. #bitcoin #trust #distrust #crypto #currency #humanity #institutions #money #finance
Yuval Noah Harari1,507,985 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Our relationship with the truth: it's complicated. Full discussion with richroll available on
Yuval Noah Harari51,067 Aufrufe • vor 24 Tagen
Every peace treaty in history was based on compromise, not absolute justice. Justice is essential, but the pursuit of absolute justice can lead you to perpetuate conflict indefinitely, never reaching peace. Full Piers Morgan interview for Piers Morgan Uncensored:
Yuval Noah Harari1,349,547 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
My new book 'NEXUS' will be published this September. It considers how information networks have made and unmade our world – from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, Stalinism, Nazism, to the current resurgence of populism and the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our existence. You can find out more and pre-order a copy on Vintage Books Random House Group PenguinRandomHouseCA Penguin India Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe Penguin España 🐧📚 Companhia das Letras @PenguinLivrosPT @PenguinBooksSA Penguin Books Aus Penguin Books NZ
Yuval Noah Harari1,228,974 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
It’s all very well knowing the facts about how an atom bomb works, but to get people to actually cooperate and build it, you need a story. Ultimately, the people telling the story are those giving the orders to those building the bomb. Watch the whole Big Think interview:
Yuval Noah Harari23,966 Aufrufe • vor 12 Tagen
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine breaks the biggest taboo of the international order. Since 1945, no internationally recognized state was wiped off the map by external conquest. Russia is trying to do just that to Ukraine. Putin is following the imperial principle that any territory conquered by the Russian army is annexed by the Russian state. If Russia wins, no state and no border could feel secure, and the world will enter a new era of imperialist wars of conquest. The Global Peace Summit that will convene on June 15 in Switzerland is a crucial chance to restore peace and order. I urge world leaders to attend the summit, and together bring peace to Ukraine and to the world. Without peace in Ukraine, humanity cannot defend itself against climate change, out-of-control AIs, or any of the other existential threats that endanger our species. #Peace #Ukraine #GlobalPeaceSummit
Yuval Noah Harari728,723 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
TV and newspaper editors used to decide what made the news. Now non-human algorithms designed to maximize engagement decide what most people see. Is it any wonder that we can no longer agree on the most basic facts? From Sept 2025 How To Academy event with @ritulashah. Watch the whole thing:
Yuval Noah Harari29,065 Aufrufe • vor 21 Tagen
AI is the first tool in history that can: 1) create new things by itself, 2) make decisions by itself. It cannot be compared to any previous technological revolutions. Inventions like the printing press and even the atom bomb ultimately empowered humans – because humans always decided how to use them. AI, on the other hand, is an autonomous agent that can create and decide without us. How can we go on developing AI without being sure that it will not escape our control? Without knowing that its creations will not harm humanity? Watch the full MSNBC interview from last month on #ai #humanity #technology #artificialintelligence #tech #future
Yuval Noah Harari799,916 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
The past few decades have been the first time in human history that states have consistently spent more on their citizens’ health than on war. With the threats to Greenland and Taiwan, and the wars in Ukraine and Iran, are we entering a new imperial era where countries must again focus their resources on weapons? From Building Trust in the Age of Disinformation – What Future Awaits Us? With Prof. Marijana Grbeša in October 2025. Watch the whole thing -
Yuval Noah Harari79,512 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
There is only one truth: the things that actually happened. Everything else is a one-sided story that can keep people apart by creating incompatible narratives that prevent them from finding common ground, or seeing each other's suffering. From the People by WTF podcast with Nikhil Kamath. Watch the whole thing:
Yuval Noah Harari66,693 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
Eight weeks ago, Israel was on the verge of a historic peace treaty with Saudi Arabia. This significant development was supposed to normalize relations between Israel and much of the Arab world, and to restart the peace process with the Palestinians. The treaty was a major threat to Hamas, and the trigger for the attack they launched on October 7. Hamas' aim was not just to kill Israeli civilians, but to prevent the peace process. Israeli victory in the war must mean a return to the peace process. Watch the rest of Ari Melber's interview with Yuval Noah Harari on the Israel-Hamas war, for MSNBC: Filmed on November 14th, 2023.
Yuval Noah Harari658,482 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren