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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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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 Penguin Random House South Africa Penguin Books Aus Penguin Books NZ

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 Penguin Random House South Africa Penguin Books Aus Penguin Books NZ

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The series is complete! 'Sapiens: A Graphic History – The Age of Revolutions' is the fourth and final book in the set, and it's out November 3 in North America / November 5 in the UK. This time we travel back 500 years, to the time when humans discovered their own ignorance and got a bit obsessed with controlling the world. After learning to produce more of everything, we now find ourselves sharing the world with an alien intelligence that's not so easy to control. What comes next? Pre-order now on (Available in other languages / countries on the same link). #GraphicSapiens

The series is complete! 'Sapiens: A Graphic History – The Age of Revolutions' is the fourth and final book in the set, and it's out November 3 in North America / November 5 in the UK. This time we travel back 500 years, to the time when humans discovered their own ignorance and got a bit obsessed with controlling the world. After learning to produce more of everything, we now find ourselves sharing the world with an alien intelligence that's not so easy to control. What comes next? Pre-order now on (Available in other languages / countries on the same link). #GraphicSapiens

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What happens when most of what children read and hear has been written not by fellow humans, but by computers? It’s the biggest psychological experiment in history. In conversation with Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford at World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos. Watch the whole thing:

What happens when most of what children read and hear has been written not by fellow humans, but by computers? It’s the biggest psychological experiment in history. In conversation with Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford at World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos. Watch the whole thing:

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'Nexus' tells the story of humanity's voyage into the Information Age, and considers the urgent choices we must make – now that non-human intelligence threatens our very existence. Pre-order at Out September 10, 2024. #NexusBook #AI #History

'Nexus' tells the story of humanity's voyage into the Information Age, and considers the urgent choices we must make – now that non-human intelligence threatens our very existence. Pre-order at Out September 10, 2024. #NexusBook #AI #History

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Out now in: Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese. Coming soon in: Complex Chinese, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Romanian. #GraphicSapiens

Out now in: Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese. Coming soon in: Complex Chinese, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Romanian. #GraphicSapiens

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"We are the cows of the future... Just as cows can't understand the financial system that controls their lives today, we will not be able to understand the AI financial system that will control our lives in 10 or 20 years." Watch the whole conversation with Daniel Stach for Hyde Park Civilizace on Veda24 here:

"We are the cows of the future... Just as cows can't understand the financial system that controls their lives today, we will not be able to understand the AI financial system that will control our lives in 10 or 20 years." Watch the whole conversation with Daniel Stach for Hyde Park Civilizace on Veda24 here:

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Nothing in nature has a purpose and nothing that exists is unnatural. Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. #Darwin #LGBTQI #InternationalDayAgainstHomophobia

Nothing in nature has a purpose and nothing that exists is unnatural. Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. #Darwin #LGBTQI #InternationalDayAgainstHomophobia

Yuval Noah Harari

1,706,249 просмотров • 1 год назад

We don't know if the repercussions of AI will be good or bad, but we do know disruption will happen, and we know that it will happen much faster than in previous generations. The important thing isn't to panic or be frightened, but to understand the magnitude of the change we are facing.

We don't know if the repercussions of AI will be good or bad, but we do know disruption will happen, and we know that it will happen much faster than in previous generations. The important thing isn't to panic or be frightened, but to understand the magnitude of the change we are facing.

Yuval Noah Harari

149,673 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

With the US elections just around the corner, some food for thought about #democracy, #dictatorship and #truth. Bill Maher

With the US elections just around the corner, some food for thought about #democracy, #dictatorship and #truth. Bill Maher

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1,445,284 просмотров • 2 лет назад

The Bible has no descriptions of Jesus’ appearance, yet his face is the most replicated and recognizable image in the world. What does that tell us about the nature of information? Watch the whole @BigThink interview:

The Bible has no descriptions of Jesus’ appearance, yet his face is the most replicated and recognizable image in the world. What does that tell us about the nature of information? Watch the whole @BigThink interview:

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200,346 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

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

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

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1,509,104 просмотров • 2 лет назад

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:

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:

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1,349,795 просмотров • 3 лет назад

We simply do not know what will be required by the job market in the coming decades. What matters most is the capacity to remain flexible, and to have a wide range of skills – intellectual, physical and social.

We simply do not know what will be required by the job market in the coming decades. What matters most is the capacity to remain flexible, and to have a wide range of skills – intellectual, physical and social.

Yuval Noah Harari

192,184 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

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 Penguin Random House South Africa Penguin Books Aus Penguin Books NZ

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 Penguin Random House South Africa Penguin Books Aus Penguin Books NZ

Yuval Noah Harari

1,231,166 просмотров • 2 лет назад

Technology has made our lives healthier, easier and more prosperous. But while making our individual lives easier, technology has made our civilization vastly more complex than the earliest societies. From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business. Watch the whole conversation:

Technology has made our lives healthier, easier and more prosperous. But while making our individual lives easier, technology has made our civilization vastly more complex than the earliest societies. From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business. Watch the whole conversation:

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The truth is complicated, difficult and not always flattering: but the truth is essential. Without the truth we can never improve ourselves or our societies. From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business. Watch the whole conversation:

The truth is complicated, difficult and not always flattering: but the truth is essential. Without the truth we can never improve ourselves or our societies. From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business. Watch the whole conversation:

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65,668 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

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

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 Harari

729,006 просмотров • 2 лет назад

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

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

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Social media engages us with hate, greed, anger and fear. So what happens when we create an information ecosystem that constantly makes us feel angry and afraid? From the New York Times Opinion podcast with Ezra Klein. Watch the whole episode:

Social media engages us with hate, greed, anger and fear. So what happens when we create an information ecosystem that constantly makes us feel angry and afraid? From the New York Times Opinion podcast with Ezra Klein. Watch the whole episode:

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61,249 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Without trust, society could not function. So what happens when we put our trust in machines instead of people? From the The Economist interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes:

Without trust, society could not function. So what happens when we put our trust in machines instead of people? From the The Economist interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes:

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The AI revolution has only just begun. We are facing ongoing change and disruption for many decades to come. How will society and governments deal with a constantly changing job market? Do we have the psychological resilience for the road ahead?

The AI revolution has only just begun. We are facing ongoing change and disruption for many decades to come. How will society and governments deal with a constantly changing job market? Do we have the psychological resilience for the road ahead?

Yuval Noah Harari

70,075 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

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.

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 Harari

658,733 просмотров • 2 лет назад

When you destroy order, what you get is disorder, chaos, violence. The full interview with Sky:

When you destroy order, what you get is disorder, chaos, violence. The full interview with Sky:

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591,206 просмотров • 3 лет назад

A deep-dive into the painful war between Hamas and Israel – the complex context, the dangers and possibilities – with Rory Stewart and ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on The Rest Is Politics. Watch the full conversation on or listen on your preferred podcasting platform.

A deep-dive into the painful war between Hamas and Israel – the complex context, the dangers and possibilities – with Rory Stewart and ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on The Rest Is Politics. Watch the full conversation on or listen on your preferred podcasting platform.

Yuval Noah Harari

588,842 просмотров • 3 лет назад

Language has been used by us humans to control our world: laws, financial systems, religion. What happens when we have an entity that is better than us at managing these systems? From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business. Watch the whole conversation:

Language has been used by us humans to control our world: laws, financial systems, religion. What happens when we have an entity that is better than us at managing these systems? From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business. Watch the whole conversation:

Yuval Noah Harari

36,479 просмотров • 1 месяц назад