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Yuval Harari Instagram - I studied Atheism for 1 month. I fell in love with a bird.

This is the most controversial month. But it has to be done. This is what I learned from studying Atheism for 1 full month. 

Thank you to @yuval_noah_harari and @sapienship.lab for helping me in this journey!
Yuval Harari Instagram - There’s one big factor driving humans to repeatedly go to war, and it’s not what you might think.
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ā€œHumans don’t fight over territory and food. They fight over imaginary stories in their minds,ā€ @yuval_noah_harari tells @ianbremmer on the upcoming episode of #GZEROWorld, which was filmed with a live audience at @92ndstreety.
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Think of Jerusalem. ā€œIt’s one of the most fought over places in human history,ā€ he explains, yet ā€œthere are no oil fields, there are no gold mines, nothing. But in their imagination, people think, oh, this is not a stone. This is a holy stone. This is not just any place. It’s full of angels and gods and saints and prophets, and they fight over this.ā€
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Watch #GZEROWorld on Saturday at 6:30 pm on @thirteenwnet in NYC and on public tv stations across the US (check local listings).
Yuval Harari Instagram - this conversation will anger people

This is the most controversial interview I've posted, about one of the most controversial topics in the world: ATHEISM. Enjoy :)

Thank you to @yuval_noah_harari and @sapienship.lab for helping me understand Atheism.
Yuval Harari Instagram - The feminist revolution is ā€œone of the hopeful examples of how people, just by changing the story, also change the world.ā€ @yuval_noah_harari
Yuval Harari Instagram - Have you ordered your copy yet? 

ā€˜Nexus’ explores big questions around power, truth and agency – through the everyday information networks that have connected humans throughout history. Stories brought us together, books spread our mythologies, the internet promised infinite knowledge, algorithms learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other. What will AI do?

Get the book in your language: link in bio. 

Out September 10.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari
Yuval Harari Instagram - Stupidity and wisdom: Powerful forces in human history. 

Watch the full episode with @yuval_noah_harari now on the #BriefButSpectacular YouTube channel (link in bio).
Yuval Harari Instagram - In the present historical circumstances, the best way to ensure the individual and collective rights of Palestinians and Jews is to maintain two related but separate states, in the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

#peace
Yuval Harari Instagram - Some of the worst crimes in history were committed in the name of fictional stories that people believed. Very few wars are about objective material things: it’s when people can’t agree on the story that conflict arises. How can we create good common stories that benefit people and prevent bad stories that cause huge misery? First, we need to understand that humans like us created the stories – so we can also change them.

Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023.

#stories #history #wars #humanity
Yuval Harari Instagram - What is the key to lasting happiness? 

#Happiness #Serotonin #YuvalNoahHarari #happinesscomesfromwithin
Yuval Harari Instagram - What is the crucial difference between consciousness and intelligence?

Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, while consciousness is the ability to feel emotions. Understanding this distinction is essential, especially as AI is intelligent but it lacks consciousness.

Full interview available on YouTube: link in bio 

#YuvalNoahHarari #Consciousness #Intelligence #AI
Yuval Harari Instagram - The 21st century makes demands on us that are unlike any previous era. To survive and thrive requires skills of adaptability and resilience.

#adaptability #resilience #future #advice
Yuval Harari Instagram - Money has no intrinsic value. Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes and Bernie Madoff were extremely capable storytellers, unfortunately. What would it mean for human beings to live in a world where most of the stories, melodies, images, laws, policies and tools are shaped by a non-human, alien intelligence – which knows how to exploit our weaknesses, biases and addictions with super-human efficiency? And also knows how to form deep, intimate relationships with human beings?

Watch the full talk, filmed at Frontiers Forum back in April 2023. Link in the bio.

#ai #artificialintelligence #future #money #storytelling #humanity #stories
Yuval Harari Instagram - Our relationship with reality: it's complicated.

Outside the common imagination of human beings, there are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice.

It's our shared belief in these myths that cements our social order and enables large-scale human cooperation.

#sapiens #imagination #cooperation #reality #myths #quote
Yuval Harari Instagram - How come humans decided to adopt some animals as pets but treat others as threats? Questions like this are explored in the ā€˜Unstoppable Us’ book series, which has one key message for children: the world in which we live didn’t have to be the way it is. People made it what it is, and people can change it. For more on #Unstoppable Us Vol.1 and Vol.2, click the link in the bio.

#middlegrade #childrensbooks #history #evolution
Yuval Harari Instagram - Prof. @yuval_noah_harari is releasing ā€œUnstoppable Us: Why the World Isn’t Fair,ā€ the second installment in his thought-provoking children’s series on human development. The book comes out today!

#Colbert
Yuval Harari Instagram - 2023 has been a very exciting year. That’s a big problem. The word ā€œexcitingā€ is the most misunderstood word in today’s English. When you meet someone new, it is common to say ā€œI am so excited to meet youā€. When you visit a new place, you say ā€œI am excited to be hereā€. When you want to praise an idea you say ā€œwhat an exciting ideaā€. Apparently, people think ā€œexcitedā€ means happy, and excitement is always good for us. But excitement can sometimes be the opposite of happiness. Negative emotions like outrage and fear greatly excite people. When the body senses danger, the nerves flash emergency messages, the neurons fire rapidly, and the whole body is excited. In 2023 the entire world has been far too excited. Nowhere is the epidemic of excitement more evident than in politics. The world is flooded with exciting politicians who create exciting news. We desperately need more boring politicians. To flourish, humans certainly need to be excited sometimes – about people, places, and ideas – but we also need to wind down. Next time you meet someone, try saying ā€œI am relaxed to meet youā€. I hope 2024 will be a relaxing year.
Yuval Harari Instagram - 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 Harari Instagram - In today’s noisy world, so many opinions are expressed all around us. Having views on things often shows that you care, and a healthy debate can widen our perspective. But it’s important for opinions and arguments to be based on facts that can be scientifically validated, as far as possible. People are entitled to have their own views, but they are not entitled to have their own facts.

#quote #science #facts #knowledge #debate #quoteoftheday
Yuval Harari Instagram - Has social media led to oversimplified discourse in universities? The recent collapse of conversation in academic institutions is certainly very concerning.

Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking: link in bio.

#conversation #academia #university #socialmedia #debate
Yuval Harari Instagram - Mass identities are based on fictional stories, not on scientific facts. Nowadays, much of the division of humans into massive groups still depends on religious myths. So in the 21st century religions don’t bring rain, they don’t cure illnesses, they don’t build bombs – but they do get to determine who are ā€˜us’ and who are ā€˜them’, who should we cure and who should we bomb. Most religions have a lot in common, but they are too often weaponized to generate division and conflict.

#quote #humanity #identity #tribalism #cooperation #quotes #coexistence #bridgingdivides #religion
Yuval Harari Instagram - 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 via the link in the bio.

#ai #humanity #technology #artificialintelligence #tech #future
Yuval Harari Instagram - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
Yuval Harari Instagram - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
Yuval Harari Instagram - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
Yuval Harari Instagram - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
Yuval Harari Instagram - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
Yuval Harari Instagram - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
Yuval Harari Instagram - A black box – that’s what AI is to most humans. An alien intelligence that uses decision-making processes we cannot understand. As the world ushers in the age of AI, ā€˜Nexus’ urgently highlights lessons from previous information revolutions - to help us deal with this uncertain present moment. 
Pre-order the book in your language: link in bio. 
Out September 10.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #history #YuvalNoahHarari
Yuval Harari Instagram - How come we don't talk or listen to each other anymore? Despite having the most sophisticated information technology in human history, it seems to be increasingly difficult to have a conversation. This affects trust between people and trust between citizens and institutions. And it has a massive impact on the state of democracy.

Watch the full Q&A session through the link in the bio. (Filmed at CogX Festival in September 2023).

#IT #communication #trust #bigtech
Yuval Harari Instagram - Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming!

World-renowned intellectual, Yuval Noah Harari has thrilled millions of readers around the globe, delving into who we are, how we got here and where we're going through his multi-million best selling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. 

And in today’s conversation Yuval shares insights that have the power to change the world as we know it.

Powerful, insightful and thought provoking. 

This one is not to be missed. 

Search ā€˜the diary of a ceo’ on YouTube for the full episode OUT NOW 🤯
Yuval Harari Instagram - 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 Harari Instagram - Some people feel strongly that all colonialist legacies should be eradicated. Is it possible to achieve such a goal? Well, when such views are expressed using imperial languages (spoken by over 90% of the world's population), the answer is clearly – no. The idea that you can go back in time and erase all traces of colonialism is simply unrealistic. But just because we received certain legacies from our ancestors, that doesn't mean we have to behave like them!

From a recent conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio for for the full session.

#colonialism #imperialism #language #history
Yuval Harari Instagram - If humans are so wise, why are we on the verge of committing ecological and technological suicide?
In ā€˜Nexus’, Yuval Noah Harari explores the long-term history of information networks, as an essential background for understanding the threats and promises of AI.
AI is the first technology in history that can make decisions by itself, create ideas by itself, and take power away from humans.

Out on September 10, and available for pre-order via the link in bio.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari
Yuval Harari Instagram - "The revolutions in biotech and infotech will give us control of the world inside us, and will enable us to engineer and manufacture life. We will learn how to design brains, extend lives, and kill thoughts at our discretion. Nobody knows what the consequences will be. Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely. It is easier to manipulate a river by building a dam over it than it is to predict all the complex consequences this will have for the wider ecological system."

#psychology #tech #quote #21lessons #21lessonsforthe21stcentury
Yuval Harari Instagram - Describing history as a ā€œchain of eventsā€ is a terrible metaphor. It's more like the vast roots of a big tree, where numerous causes come together to shape an event and countless consequences branch out. Single-cause explanations for events in history are more akin to conspiracy theories than actual science.

Watch the rest of the interview with @arimelber on @msnbc, through the link in the bio.
Filmed on November 14th, 2023.

#history #chainofevents #metaphor #conspiracytheory #historyfacts
Yuval Harari Instagram - Is democracy a technological innovation?
Before the late modern age, there were no technical means to conduct a large-scale conversation between very large groups of people, such as an entire country. Information technology capable of allowing a democratic debate among so many people simply did not exist before that time.

Watch Yuval’s full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio . Filmed in front of a live audience at @92ndstreety on 3 March 2024.

#democracy #informationtechnology #history
Yuval Harari Instagram - Human power comes from our intelligence and ability to tell stories and cooperate. But are these truly our best qualities? For all our power, we are still on the verge of destroying ourselves and our ecosystem. Our deepest insights come from compassion and introspection. Our best qualities are non-verbal.

To listen to this podcast conversation with @lexfridman, from July 2023, click the link in the bio.

#humanintelligence #storytelling #humanity #writing #stories #writer #compassion
Yuval Harari Instagram - How has our evolution shaped the world?
Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, tens of thousands of years ago, humans have been living in a dual reality. 
On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions. On the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. 
As time went by, the imagined reality became more and more powerful.
Today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities like the USA and Google.

#YuvalNoahHarari #Quote #Sapiens #CognitiveRevolution #Reality
Yuval Harari Instagram - How has our evolution shaped the world?
Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, tens of thousands of years ago, humans have been living in a dual reality. 
On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions. On the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. 
As time went by, the imagined reality became more and more powerful.
Today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities like the USA and Google.

#YuvalNoahHarari #Quote #Sapiens #CognitiveRevolution #Reality
Yuval Harari Instagram - Real-life monsters never look like Hollywood villains. They often look like the most beautiful thing in the world, and that's their danger.

Full conversation with @lexfridman available via the link in the bio (recorded in July 2023).

#hollywood #fascism #harrypotter
Yuval Harari Instagram - People are free to believe in gods if they find it helpful, but there is no need for gods in order to live a good life.

Morality doesn’t mean ā€œobeying godsā€. Morality means ā€œliberating yourself and others from sufferingā€.

#morality #gods #atheism #religion #quote
Yuval Harari Instagram - People cannot search for the truth and for the way out of suffering without the freedom to think, investigate, and experiment. Freedom is something to be cherished, and we must refrain from investing supreme authority in any text, institution or leader as the ultimate judge of what’s true and what’s right. Humans should always retain the freedom to doubt, to check again, to hear a second opinion, to try a different path.

#freedom #knowledge #21Lessons #quote
Yuval Harari Instagram - Here are 11 books I enjoyed reading in 2023. The first is 20 years old, the last is not out yet (in English), and all are recommended:

* 'Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar' by Simon Sebag Montefiore (2003)

* 'Data Feminism' by Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein (2020)

* 'God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning' by Meghan O'Gieblyn (2021)

* 'Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology' by Chris Miller (2022)

* 'The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World' by Max Fisher (2022)

* 'The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome' by Harry Sidebottom (2022)

* 'The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma' by Mustafa Suleyman (2023)

* 'How Not To Be a Politician: A Memoir' by Rory Stewart (2023)

* 'Elon Musk' by Walter Isaacson (2023)

* 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy' by Nathan Thrall (2023)

* 'Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World' by David van Reybrouck (out February 2024)

#books #bookrecommendations #goodreads #bookstagrammer
Yuval Harari Instagram - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
Yuval Harari Instagram - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
Yuval Harari Instagram - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
Yuval Harari Instagram - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
Yuval Harari Instagram - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
Yuval Harari Instagram - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
Yuval Harari Instagram - Where’s the line between patriotism and nationalism? And how can you tell you’ve entered the danger zone?

Watch the full conversation with @ianbremmer via the link in bio. (Filmed in March 2024)

#patriotism #nationalism #love #hate
Yuval Harari Instagram - Successful projects are rarely the result of just one person's efforts. 'Sapiens' was inspired by conversations with students, and became a well-known book after many people got involved in reading, editing, translating and promoting it. There are many great books out there that hardly anyone knows about: it takes much more than just writing a good text. It requires building an entire team of dedicated people and collaborating on a long-term basis. Luckily, collaborating is something that humans can do quite well, when they put their minds to it!

You can watch the full @msnbc interview (filmed in November) via the link in the bio.

#sapiens #collaboration #books #humans
Yuval Harari Instagram - What’s the connection between feelings and rationality? 
Scientific insights into the way our brains and bodies work suggest that our feelings are not some uniquely human spiritual quality. They are biochemical mechanisms that all mammals and birds use to make decisions, by quickly calculating probabilities of survival and reproduction. 
So feelings are not the opposite of rationality: they are our body’s evolutionary rationality. 
#YuvalNoahHarari #Rationality #Feelings #biology
Yuval Harari Instagram - ā€œScience certainly helped me to accept my sexuality as it is. Some people say that it’s unnatural to be gay, and that gay people break the laws of nature. Scientific research taught me that this is utter nonsense. Anything that exists is by definition also natural.ā€ @yuval_noah_harari

#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #science #sexuality #quote #yuvalnoahharari #sapienshiplab
Yuval Harari Instagram - Social media and smartphones are designed to hack our brains and press our emotional buttons. We are constantly flooded with information and it is vital we find the time to disconnect in order to protect our mental well-being.

#YuvalNoahHarari #DigitalWellness #MentalHealth
Yuval Harari Instagram - Announcing 'NEXUS': the thrilling and timely new book from the bestselling author of 'Sapiens', Yuval Noah Harari – to be published in September 2024. Find out more and pre-order a copy via the link in the bio.

'NEXUS' tells the story of how information networks have made and unmade our world, and asks: If humans are so wise, why are we so self-destructive? How can we rediscover our shared humanity? Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Harari invites us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence.

@vintagebooks @randomhouse @penguinrandomca @penguinrandomhouse @penguinindia @penguinbuecher @penguinlibros @companhiadasletras @penguinlivros @penguinbooksaus @penguinbooksnz @penguinbookssouthafrica

#Nexus #AI #information #pigeon #newbook #book #Harari
Yuval Harari Instagram - Fear of the unknown can paralyze us more than any tyrant. People throughout history worried that unless we put all our faith in some set of absolute answers, human society will crumble. But modern history has demonstrated that a society of courageous people, who are willing to admit ignorance and raise difficult questions, is usually more prosperous and peaceful than societies where everyone unquestioningly accepts a single answer. People afraid of losing their truth tend to be more violent than people who are used to looking at the world from several different viewpoints. Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.

#quote #questions #answers #humanity #21lessonsforthe21stcentury #21lessons #quotes
Yuval Harari Instagram - Why do humans cry? Good question… Children’s curiosity never ceases to amaze, and exploring reality through their eyes challenges adults to think harder – even when we don’t have the answers. The ā€˜Unstoppable Us’ book series is inspired by kids’ quest to understand the rules that arrange and control the world, and their personal role within it. For more on on #Unstoppable Us Vol.1 and Vol.2 click the link in the bio.

#middlegrade #childrensbooks #history #evolution
Yuval Harari Instagram - "For thousands of years the scientific road to growth was blocked because people believed that holy scriptures and ancient traditions already contained all the important knowledge the world had to offer. A corporation that believed all the oil fields in the world had already been discovered would not waste time and money searching for oil. Similarly, a human culture that believed it already knew everything worth knowing would not bother searching for new knowledge.
This was the position of most premodern human civilisations. However, the Scientific Revolution freed humankind from this naĆÆve conviction. The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance. Once humans realised how little they knew about the world, they suddenly had a very good reason to seek new knowledge, which opened up the scientific road to progress."

#knowledge #science #ignorance #quote #homodeus
Yuval Harari Instagram - As we look at ourselves throughout history, humans have reached unimaginable levels of power, however we are no happier than we were in the past, says historian @yuval_noah_harari. In a recent conversation with @adamgrant, Harari emphasizes the importance of shifting our focus away from gaining power and onto being happier. Listen to the latest episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant wherever you get your podcasts.
Yuval Harari Instagram - There’s more than one way to censor content and ideas. Overwhelming people with too much information – even if it’s all truthful facts – prevents us from identifying what’s important and doesn’t let us filter out the noise. #TMI?

#censorship #quote
Yuval Harari Instagram - Politics isn't the same as therapy. So politicians should be very careful what they say in public, because they can influence the behaviour of thousands, if not millions, of people. That's why they need to build a wall, but not the kind of wall they tell us they want to build.

Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio.
Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024.

#therapy #politics #buildthewall
Yuval Harari Instagram - If you recognize that both Palestinians and Israelis have the right to self-determination, then the only realistic path to resolving the painful conflict in the region is a 'two-state solution'.
Watch the recent @CNN interview with @camanpour via the link in bio.
#war #peace
Yuval Harari Instagram - History is full of unlikely events. Out of thousands of competing stories in the Roman Empire, Christianity came out on top – but it’s unclear why. The same is true for the rise of Islam and Communism. What obscure group or movement from today might turn out to be highly influential in our own future?

To listen to this podcast conversation with @lexfridman, from July 2023, click the link in the bio.

#christianity #islam #communism #history
Yuval Harari Instagram - Learn #history to free yourself from the past and imagine alternative destinies.

#Inspiration #Freedom #YuvalNoahHarari
Yuval Harari Instagram - Dead people have captured your imagination. You can free it by studying history.

Listen to the full podcast conversation on ReThinking with @adamgrant: link in bio.

#history #war #hatred #freedom
Yuval Harari Instagram - Who cares what happened to a bunch of dead people 1,000 years ago?

History isn’t about knowing what happened in the past: it is the study of change and its lessons for our lives today. But it can’t be used to predict the future!

Full video available on YouTube: link in bio.

#YuvalNoahHarari #History #Change #Learning
Yuval Harari Instagram - We’re living through the most profound information revolution in human history. To understand it, we need to understand what has come before.

In ā€˜Nexus’, Yuval Noah Harari presents a brief (but mind-blowing) history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI.

Order the book in your language via the link in bio.

Out September 10.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari
Yuval Harari Instagram - Luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations. Once people get used to a certain luxury, they take it for granted. Then they begin to count on it. Finally they reach a point where they can’t live without it. Over the last few decades, we have invented countless time-saving devices that are supposed to make life more relaxed—washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, telephones, mobile phones, computers, email. We thought we were saving time; instead we revved up the treadmill of life to ten times its former speed and made our days more anxious and agitated.

#luxury #timesaving #anxiety #quote #sapiens
Yuval Harari Instagram - Have you ever noticed words losing their impact over time?
Like money, words too suffer from inflation. In political debates, extreme terms are thrown around for shock, but their inflated use can dilute their meaning until the shock becomes a mere shrug.

If we're mindful of how we use them, words can have a lasting power.

For more on this idea, click the link in the bio.

#quote #words #shockvalue #inflation #terminology #devalue #quotes #powerofwords #meaning
Yuval Harari Instagram - What's the meaning of life? Philosophy, religion and science are all running out of time to address this question. As artificial intelligence and biotechnology give humans the power to reshape and re-engineer life, somebody will soon have to decide how to use this power – based on some story about the meaning of life. Philosophers are very patient people, but engineers are far less patient, and investors are the least patient of all. If you don’t know what to do with the power to engineer life, the invisible hand of the market will soon force upon you its own blind reply. Unless we're happy to entrust the future of life to the mercy of quarterly revenue reports, we need a clear idea what life is all about.

#AI #Science #Philosophy #Future #Quotes #21Lessons
Yuval Harari Instagram - The global financial system is very complicated. But what happens if it becomes so complex that only AI can understand it? That could threaten more than profits. It might even put democracy itself at risk.

To listen to Yuval’s full conversation with @steven, recorded last month, check out ā€˜Diary of a CEO’ on your favorite podcasting app – or click the link in the bio.

#ai #finance #democracy
Yuval Harari Instagram - A well-told scientific story can have a deep and lasting impact on humanity. But how can we combine great storytelling with scientific rigor?

Good stories can drastically change the public's view of something. Similarly, science has the power to influence society and politics - but it should be committed to truth. Combining these qualities is crucial. For science to have a deeper impact, we need to have scientific storytellers.

Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023.

#science #storytelling #politics #society #stories
Yuval Harari Instagram - Can Hamas' horrific violence incentivize peace? Will it alleviate the misery of Palestinians under Israeli occupation? Obviously not. There is no calculus for who is suffering more – only for what it's still possible to do in the future to reach reconciliation. This is what all sides should focus on.

Link in bio for the full @restispolitics interview about the Israel-Hamas war.

Recorded on 14 October 2023, and available in audio on all podcasting platforms.
Yuval Harari Instagram - What happens when books start reading people? How will storytelling be transformed if your Kindle could analyze your emotional reactions to each and every sentence, then create books that are uniquely tailored to you?

Such questions still felt ā€˜futuristic’ back in 2016. Since the explosion of generative AI and facial recognition technology, these ideas relate to our present day reality.

#Technology #Reading #AI
Yuval Harari Instagram - Fascism and Communism both view the world through the lens of conflict. They see history as the story of conflicts between nations, races or classes of people. Only Liberalism sees the world as a place where we can co-operate with one another for the better.

Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio.
Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024.

#fascism #communism #marxism #liberalism #conflict #cooperation
Yuval Harari Instagram - Power = happiness? šŸ¤”...

Listen to Yuval's full conversation with @steven via the link in bio. (Recorded December 2023)

#power #wealth #happiness
Yuval Harari Instagram - @yuval_noah_harari has a unique way of explaining epidemics and disease to children in his book, ā€œUnstoppable Us, Vol. 2: Why the World Isn’t Fairā€
Yuval Harari Instagram - "For thousands of years, people all over the world believed that women were inferior to men and could never be priests, teachers, or rulers. It took a lot of people all over the world doing a lot of brave things to change the story of women. One of them is Malala Yousafzai, who was born in 1997 in the town of Mingora, Pakistan."
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This excerpt from my children's book 'Unstoppable Us: Why the World Isn't Fair' attempts to condense thousands of years of painful history and to celebrate the revolution that gave women a voice – in a way that's digestible for middle-grade readers. Let's hope that in the future, equal opportunities will prevail and this text will read like science fiction. Happy International Women's Day.

#internationalwomensday

Illustration: @ricard_zaplana
Yuval Harari Instagram - Why do people live in cities? Who invented writing? Which is healthier, food that you farm or food that you hunt? Why are adults so scared of taxes? Why is the world so unfair?
Explore these questions and many more in ā€˜Unstoppable Us, Vol.2: Why the World Isn’t Fair’: Yuval Noah Harari’s brand new book for middle-grade readers. Out now: link in bio.

#middlegrade #childrensbooks #education #history #UnstoppableUs
Yuval Harari Instagram - By capturing our attention with free information, free services and free entertainment, Big Tech accumulates immense amounts of data about us. This data is worth more than any advertising revenue. If we want to prevent the concentration of all wealth and power in the hands of a small elite, we must regulate the ownership of data.

#BigTech #data #dataism #quote #21lessons #AI
Yuval Harari Instagram - ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€

Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s
@theeconomist . Link in bio.

#Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit
Yuval Harari Instagram - ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€

Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s
@theeconomist . Link in bio.

#Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit
Yuval Harari Instagram - ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€

Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s
@theeconomist . Link in bio.

#Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit
Yuval Harari Instagram - The world is full of difficult problems, and it’s not possible to hide this from kids. But having an open conversation with children about global challenges doesn’t have to be scary. We can highlight to them what we should also remind ourselves: that people made this world what it is, and people have the power to change it.

Watch Yuval's full conversation with @ianbremmer: link in bio.

#children #kids #education #challenges #war #humanity #empower #unstoppableus
Yuval Harari Instagram - Do you want to make a change in the world? Doing so as an isolated activist is almost impossible.
Our - that is, Homo sapiens' – superpower is the ability to cooperate in large numbers. 50 people cooperating in an organization can make a much bigger difference than 500 isolated individuals.

Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio.
Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024.

#cooperation #superpower #changetheworld
Yuval Harari Instagram - Can democracy survive without nationalism? Without the feeling of special love and care for your community?

Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio.

#democracy #nationalism #patriotism #community #tribalism
Yuval Harari Instagram - History isn't just about studying the past; it's the study of change, and it's more relevant now than ever. Today we face the most rapid changes ever in history, so understanding the mechanisms of historical change is crucial.

Watch the rest of @arimelber's interview with Yuval Noah Harari, for @msnbc, through the link in the bio.
Filmed on November 14th, 2023.

#history #past #future #change #whatishistory #thefuture #historical #studyhistory
Yuval Harari Instagram - Why are there so many wars and conflicts breaking out around the world? Populist leaders like Donald Trump have rejected the idea of global order and openly stated that they only care about their own nation. But without offering an alternative way of managing the relations between nations, the world falls inevitably into disorder.

To listen to Yuval’s full conversation with @steven, recorded last month, search ā€˜Diary of a CEO’ on your favorite podcasting app – or click the link in the bio to watch it on Youtube.

#war #conflict #politics #populism
Yuval Harari Instagram - People all around the world share common human experiences, so why then do we incite conflicts with each other? Why do we cause injustices to one another? It all comes down to ignorance and the problematic stories we believe about each other.

Liberalism suggests that human history is not primarily about conflict but about our shared experiences. If a story we tell ourselves about other people is the cause of conflict, then we should change that story.

Watch Yuval's full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio . Filmed in front of a live audience at @92ndstreety on 3 March 2024.

#liberalism #humanity #conflict #ignorance
Yuval Harari Instagram - Can humans live in harmony with nature? It depends if you mean in theory or in practice… The gap between the two can always be bridged, because our unstoppable species has a choice. Exploring big life questions with children serves as a great reminder of all the possibilities available to us.

To check out the #UnstoppableUs book series, visit the link in the bio.

#childrensbooks #education #history
Yuval Harari Instagram - It's a bad time to be a dictator. The rise of AI poses threats and opportunities for various people, but one thing's for sure: it can't be intimidated or terrorized.

Watch Yuval's full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio.

#AI #dictators #totalitarianism
Yuval Harari Instagram - What are the three biggest threats to humanity right now? And how do they impact each other?

A new world war could destroy us completely. But it could also ā€˜just’ detract our attention from other existential risks, like the ecological crisis and the AI revolution. To protect ourselves from these major threats, we need to stop fighting each other and start focusing on global cooperation.

Watch Yuval’s recent keynote and panel discussion, filmed at the University of Cambridge. Link in bio.

#globalwar #airevolution #ecologicalcrisis #humanity
Yuval Harari Instagram - The age of AI is here. What can history teach us?
ā€˜NEXUS’ by Yuval Noah Harari, tells the thrilling story of how information networks have made and unmade our world. This new book takes us from the Stone Age through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today. Harari highlights the urgent choices we must make, now that non-human intelligence threatens our very existence, and invites us to rediscover our shared humanity.

Order ā€˜Nexus’ in your language: link in bio!
Out September 10, 2024.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari
Yuval Harari Instagram - They say that one person can change the world, but is that really true? If we really want to change the world for the better, we need to make use of a superpower that only humans possess.

Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023.

#activism #cooperation #changetheworld #superpower #humanity
Yuval Harari Instagram - If you go back 4 billion years, to the beginning of organic life, can you even imagine dinosaurs or human beings? 

AI is rapidly advancing, evolving millions of times faster than organic life. It’s crucial to understand its potential and the speed of its growth as we navigate this new frontier.

Full interview available on Youtube: link in bio.

#YuvalNoahHarari #AIEvolution #FutureOfAI
Yuval Harari Instagram - What happened to conservatives? They used to be all about conserving. They used to protect institutions and traditions – but nowadays, in many countries, they’re attempting to overthrow and destroy them instead.

Watch Yuval’s full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio.

#conservatives #progressives #revolution #radicals #politics
Yuval Harari Instagram - For thousands of years, humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people. Will humans hold onto power for much longer in the age of AI?

#gods #humanism #authority #power #agency #AI #quote
Yuval Harari Instagram - What defines our identity?
The people we fight most often are our own family members. The disagreements that defined our ancestors are different from those of twenty-first-century humans. People in 1618 or 1940 Europe would be more likely to clash over things like race or religion. Today, they clash over dilemmas like an aging population, capitalism, and global warming. It's the things we fight over that make us who we are. Identity is defined by conflicts and dilemmas more than by agreements.

#quote #21lessons #identity #21lessonsforthe21stcentury #quotes
Yuval Harari Instagram - How can peace and Palestinian rights be achieved? These vital goals have been completely abandoned by the Netanyahu government. But it's also crucial to understand that Hamas' aim is to destroy any chance of peace – now and in the future.

Watch Yuval Noah Harari's full interview with @lucianohuck for O GLOBO, filmed on 24 October 2023. Link in bio.
Yuval Harari Instagram - We’re all carrying around the baggage of our ancestors: ā€˜suitcases’ full of ideas, traditions and attitudes that belong to dead people. Perhaps it’s time to put some of the baggage down, sort through it, and see what we really need to take with us into the future?

Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio.

#baggage #history #liberation
Yuval Harari - 107.1K Likes - I studied Atheism for 1 month. I fell in love with a bird.

This is the most controversial month. But it has to be done. This is what I learned from studying Atheism for 1 full month. 

Thank you to @yuval_noah_harari and @sapienship.lab for helping me in this journey!

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Caption : I studied Atheism for 1 month. I fell in love with a bird. This is the most controversial month. But it has to be done. This is what I learned from studying Atheism for 1 full month. Thank you to @yuval_noah_harari and @sapienship.lab for helping me in this journey!
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Yuval Harari - 100.1K Likes - There’s one big factor driving humans to repeatedly go to war, and it’s not what you might think.
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ā€œHumans don’t fight over territory and food. They fight over imaginary stories in their minds,ā€ @yuval_noah_harari tells @ianbremmer on the upcoming episode of #GZEROWorld, which was filmed with a live audience at @92ndstreety.
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Think of Jerusalem. ā€œIt’s one of the most fought over places in human history,ā€ he explains, yet ā€œthere are no oil fields, there are no gold mines, nothing. But in their imagination, people think, oh, this is not a stone. This is a holy stone. This is not just any place. It’s full of angels and gods and saints and prophets, and they fight over this.ā€
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Watch #GZEROWorld on Saturday at 6:30 pm on @thirteenwnet in NYC and on public tv stations across the US (check local listings).

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Caption : There’s one big factor driving humans to repeatedly go to war, and it’s not what you might think. Ā  ā€œHumans don’t fight over territory and food. They fight over imaginary stories in their minds,ā€ @yuval_noah_harari tells @ianbremmer on the upcoming episode of #GZEROWorld, which was filmed with a live audience at @92ndstreety. Ā  Think of Jerusalem. ā€œIt’s one of the most fought over places in human history,ā€ he explains, yet ā€œthere are no oil fields, there are no gold mines, nothing. But in their imagination, people think, oh, this is not a stone. This is a holy stone. This is not just any place. It’s full of angels and gods and saints and prophets, and they fight over this.ā€ Ā  Watch #GZEROWorld on Saturday at 6:30 pm on @thirteenwnet in NYC and on public tv stations across the US (check local listings).
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Yuval Harari - 54.7K Likes - this conversation will anger people

This is the most controversial interview I've posted, about one of the most controversial topics in the world: ATHEISM. Enjoy :)

Thank you to @yuval_noah_harari and @sapienship.lab for helping me understand Atheism.

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Caption : this conversation will anger people This is the most controversial interview I’ve posted, about one of the most controversial topics in the world: ATHEISM. Enjoy šŸ™‚ Thank you to @yuval_noah_harari and @sapienship.lab for helping me understand Atheism.
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Yuval Harari - 42.7K Likes - The feminist revolution is ā€œone of the hopeful examples of how people, just by changing the story, also change the world.ā€ @yuval_noah_harari

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Caption : The feminist revolution is ā€œone of the hopeful examples of how people, just by changing the story, also change the world.ā€ @yuval_noah_harari
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Yuval Harari - 32K Likes - Have you ordered your copy yet? 

ā€˜Nexus’ explores big questions around power, truth and agency – through the everyday information networks that have connected humans throughout history. Stories brought us together, books spread our mythologies, the internet promised infinite knowledge, algorithms learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other. What will AI do?

Get the book in your language: link in bio. 

Out September 10.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari

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Caption : Have you ordered your copy yet? ā€˜Nexus’ explores big questions around power, truth and agency – through the everyday information networks that have connected humans throughout history. Stories brought us together, books spread our mythologies, the internet promised infinite knowledge, algorithms learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other. What will AI do? Get the book in your language: link in bio. Out September 10. #NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari
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Yuval Harari - 27.9K Likes - Stupidity and wisdom: Powerful forces in human history. 

Watch the full episode with @yuval_noah_harari now on the #BriefButSpectacular YouTube channel (link in bio).

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Caption : Stupidity and wisdom: Powerful forces in human history. Watch the full episode with @yuval_noah_harari now on the #BriefButSpectacular YouTube channel (link in bio).
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Yuval Harari - 27.8K Likes - In the present historical circumstances, the best way to ensure the individual and collective rights of Palestinians and Jews is to maintain two related but separate states, in the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

#peace

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Caption : In the present historical circumstances, the best way to ensure the individual and collective rights of Palestinians and Jews is to maintain two related but separate states, in the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. #peace
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Yuval Harari - 24K Likes - Some of the worst crimes in history were committed in the name of fictional stories that people believed. Very few wars are about objective material things: it’s when people can’t agree on the story that conflict arises. How can we create good common stories that benefit people and prevent bad stories that cause huge misery? First, we need to understand that humans like us created the stories – so we can also change them.

Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023.

#stories #history #wars #humanity

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Caption : Some of the worst crimes in history were committed in the name of fictional stories that people believed. Very few wars are about objective material things: it’s when people can’t agree on the story that conflict arises. How can we create good common stories that benefit people and prevent bad stories that cause huge misery? First, we need to understand that humans like us created the stories – so we can also change them. Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023. #stories #history #wars #humanity
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Yuval Harari - 21.5K Likes - What is the key to lasting happiness? 

#Happiness #Serotonin #YuvalNoahHarari #happinesscomesfromwithin

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Caption : What is the key to lasting happiness? #Happiness #Serotonin #YuvalNoahHarari #happinesscomesfromwithin
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Yuval Harari - 20.2K Likes - What is the crucial difference between consciousness and intelligence?

Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, while consciousness is the ability to feel emotions. Understanding this distinction is essential, especially as AI is intelligent but it lacks consciousness.

Full interview available on YouTube: link in bio 

#YuvalNoahHarari #Consciousness #Intelligence #AI

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Caption : What is the crucial difference between consciousness and intelligence? Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, while consciousness is the ability to feel emotions. Understanding this distinction is essential, especially as AI is intelligent but it lacks consciousness. Full interview available on YouTube: link in bio #YuvalNoahHarari #Consciousness #Intelligence #AI
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Yuval Harari - 19.7K Likes - The 21st century makes demands on us that are unlike any previous era. To survive and thrive requires skills of adaptability and resilience.

#adaptability #resilience #future #advice

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Caption : The 21st century makes demands on us that are unlike any previous era. To survive and thrive requires skills of adaptability and resilience. #adaptability #resilience #future #advice
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Yuval Harari - 18.8K Likes - Money has no intrinsic value. Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes and Bernie Madoff were extremely capable storytellers, unfortunately. What would it mean for human beings to live in a world where most of the stories, melodies, images, laws, policies and tools are shaped by a non-human, alien intelligence – which knows how to exploit our weaknesses, biases and addictions with super-human efficiency? And also knows how to form deep, intimate relationships with human beings?

Watch the full talk, filmed at Frontiers Forum back in April 2023. Link in the bio.

#ai #artificialintelligence #future #money #storytelling #humanity #stories

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Caption : Money has no intrinsic value. Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes and Bernie Madoff were extremely capable storytellers, unfortunately. What would it mean for human beings to live in a world where most of the stories, melodies, images, laws, policies and tools are shaped by a non-human, alien intelligence – which knows how to exploit our weaknesses, biases and addictions with super-human efficiency? And also knows how to form deep, intimate relationships with human beings? Watch the full talk, filmed at Frontiers Forum back in April 2023. Link in the bio. #ai #artificialintelligence #future #money #storytelling #humanity #stories
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Yuval Harari - 18.3K Likes - Our relationship with reality: it's complicated.

Outside the common imagination of human beings, there are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice.

It's our shared belief in these myths that cements our social order and enables large-scale human cooperation.

#sapiens #imagination #cooperation #reality #myths #quote

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Caption : Our relationship with reality: it’s complicated. Outside the common imagination of human beings, there are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice. It’s our shared belief in these myths that cements our social order and enables large-scale human cooperation. #sapiens #imagination #cooperation #reality #myths #quote
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Yuval Harari - 17.2K Likes - How come humans decided to adopt some animals as pets but treat others as threats? Questions like this are explored in the ā€˜Unstoppable Us’ book series, which has one key message for children: the world in which we live didn’t have to be the way it is. People made it what it is, and people can change it. For more on #Unstoppable Us Vol.1 and Vol.2, click the link in the bio.

#middlegrade #childrensbooks #history #evolution

17.2K Likes – Yuval Harari Instagram

Caption : How come humans decided to adopt some animals as pets but treat others as threats? Questions like this are explored in the ā€˜Unstoppable Us’ book series, which has one key message for children: the world in which we live didn’t have to be the way it is. People made it what it is, and people can change it. For more on #Unstoppable Us Vol.1 and Vol.2, click the link in the bio. #middlegrade #childrensbooks #history #evolution
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Yuval Harari - 16.7K Likes - Prof. @yuval_noah_harari is releasing ā€œUnstoppable Us: Why the World Isn’t Fair,ā€ the second installment in his thought-provoking children’s series on human development. The book comes out today!

#Colbert

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Caption : Prof. @yuval_noah_harari is releasing ā€œUnstoppable Us: Why the World Isn’t Fair,ā€ the second installment in his thought-provoking children’s series on human development. The book comes out today! #Colbert
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Yuval Harari - 16.1K Likes - 2023 has been a very exciting year. That’s a big problem. The word ā€œexcitingā€ is the most misunderstood word in today’s English. When you meet someone new, it is common to say ā€œI am so excited to meet youā€. When you visit a new place, you say ā€œI am excited to be hereā€. When you want to praise an idea you say ā€œwhat an exciting ideaā€. Apparently, people think ā€œexcitedā€ means happy, and excitement is always good for us. But excitement can sometimes be the opposite of happiness. Negative emotions like outrage and fear greatly excite people. When the body senses danger, the nerves flash emergency messages, the neurons fire rapidly, and the whole body is excited. In 2023 the entire world has been far too excited. Nowhere is the epidemic of excitement more evident than in politics. The world is flooded with exciting politicians who create exciting news. We desperately need more boring politicians. To flourish, humans certainly need to be excited sometimes – about people, places, and ideas – but we also need to wind down. Next time you meet someone, try saying ā€œI am relaxed to meet youā€. I hope 2024 will be a relaxing year.

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Caption : 2023 has been a very exciting year. That’s a big problem. The word ā€œexcitingā€ is the most misunderstood word in today’s English. When you meet someone new, it is common to say ā€œI am so excited to meet youā€. When you visit a new place, you say ā€œI am excited to be hereā€. When you want to praise an idea you say ā€œwhat an exciting ideaā€. Apparently, people think ā€œexcitedā€ means happy, and excitement is always good for us. But excitement can sometimes be the opposite of happiness. Negative emotions like outrage and fear greatly excite people. When the body senses danger, the nerves flash emergency messages, the neurons fire rapidly, and the whole body is excited. In 2023 the entire world has been far too excited. Nowhere is the epidemic of excitement more evident than in politics. The world is flooded with exciting politicians who create exciting news. We desperately need more boring politicians. To flourish, humans certainly need to be excited sometimes – about people, places, and ideas – but we also need to wind down. Next time you meet someone, try saying ā€œI am relaxed to meet youā€. I hope 2024 will be a relaxing year.
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Yuval Harari - 15.1K Likes - 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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Caption : 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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Yuval Harari - 14.2K Likes - In today’s noisy world, so many opinions are expressed all around us. Having views on things often shows that you care, and a healthy debate can widen our perspective. But it’s important for opinions and arguments to be based on facts that can be scientifically validated, as far as possible. People are entitled to have their own views, but they are not entitled to have their own facts.

#quote #science #facts #knowledge #debate #quoteoftheday

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Caption : In today’s noisy world, so many opinions are expressed all around us. Having views on things often shows that you care, and a healthy debate can widen our perspective. But it’s important for opinions and arguments to be based on facts that can be scientifically validated, as far as possible. People are entitled to have their own views, but they are not entitled to have their own facts. #quote #science #facts #knowledge #debate #quoteoftheday
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Yuval Harari - 14.1K Likes - Has social media led to oversimplified discourse in universities? The recent collapse of conversation in academic institutions is certainly very concerning.

Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking: link in bio.

#conversation #academia #university #socialmedia #debate

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Caption : Has social media led to oversimplified discourse in universities? The recent collapse of conversation in academic institutions is certainly very concerning. Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking: link in bio. #conversation #academia #university #socialmedia #debate
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Yuval Harari - 13.7K Likes - Mass identities are based on fictional stories, not on scientific facts. Nowadays, much of the division of humans into massive groups still depends on religious myths. So in the 21st century religions don’t bring rain, they don’t cure illnesses, they don’t build bombs – but they do get to determine who are ā€˜us’ and who are ā€˜them’, who should we cure and who should we bomb. Most religions have a lot in common, but they are too often weaponized to generate division and conflict.

#quote #humanity #identity #tribalism #cooperation #quotes #coexistence #bridgingdivides #religion

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Caption : Mass identities are based on fictional stories, not on scientific facts. Nowadays, much of the division of humans into massive groups still depends on religious myths. So in the 21st century religions don’t bring rain, they don’t cure illnesses, they don’t build bombs – but they do get to determine who are ā€˜us’ and who are ā€˜them’, who should we cure and who should we bomb. Most religions have a lot in common, but they are too often weaponized to generate division and conflict. #quote #humanity #identity #tribalism #cooperation #quotes #coexistence #bridgingdivides #religion
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Yuval Harari - 13.7K Likes - 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 via the link in the bio.

#ai #humanity #technology #artificialintelligence #tech #future

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Caption : 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 via the link in the bio. #ai #humanity #technology #artificialintelligence #tech #future
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Yuval Harari - 13.3K Likes - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari

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Caption : The 10 year anniversary edition of ‘Sapiens’ is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy. #anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
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Yuval Harari - 13.3K Likes - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari

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Caption : The 10 year anniversary edition of ‘Sapiens’ is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy. #anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
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Yuval Harari - 13.3K Likes - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari

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Caption : The 10 year anniversary edition of ‘Sapiens’ is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy. #anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
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Yuval Harari - 13.3K Likes - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari

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Caption : The 10 year anniversary edition of ‘Sapiens’ is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy. #anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
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Yuval Harari - 13.3K Likes - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari

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Caption : The 10 year anniversary edition of ‘Sapiens’ is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy. #anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
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Yuval Harari - 13.3K Likes - The 10 year anniversary edition of 'Sapiens' is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy.

#anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari

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Caption : The 10 year anniversary edition of ‘Sapiens’ is out in the UK today! This special @vintagebooks edition includes a new afterword from Yuval and a shiny new cover. Link in bio for grabbing a copy. #anniversary #sapiens #specialedition #yuvalnoahharari #harari
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Yuval Harari - 13.2K Likes - A black box – that’s what AI is to most humans. An alien intelligence that uses decision-making processes we cannot understand. As the world ushers in the age of AI, ā€˜Nexus’ urgently highlights lessons from previous information revolutions - to help us deal with this uncertain present moment. 
Pre-order the book in your language: link in bio. 
Out September 10.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #history #YuvalNoahHarari

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Caption : A black box – that’s what AI is to most humans. An alien intelligence that uses decision-making processes we cannot understand. As the world ushers in the age of AI, ā€˜Nexus’ urgently highlights lessons from previous information revolutions – to help us deal with this uncertain present moment. Pre-order the book in your language: link in bio. Out September 10. 
#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #history #YuvalNoahHarari
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Yuval Harari - 12.2K Likes - How come we don't talk or listen to each other anymore? Despite having the most sophisticated information technology in human history, it seems to be increasingly difficult to have a conversation. This affects trust between people and trust between citizens and institutions. And it has a massive impact on the state of democracy.

Watch the full Q&A session through the link in the bio. (Filmed at CogX Festival in September 2023).

#IT #communication #trust #bigtech

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Caption : How come we don’t talk or listen to each other anymore? Despite having the most sophisticated information technology in human history, it seems to be increasingly difficult to have a conversation. This affects trust between people and trust between citizens and institutions. And it has a massive impact on the state of democracy. Watch the full Q&A session through the link in the bio. (Filmed at CogX Festival in September 2023). #IT #communication #trust #bigtech
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Yuval Harari - 12.2K Likes - Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming!

World-renowned intellectual, Yuval Noah Harari has thrilled millions of readers around the globe, delving into who we are, how we got here and where we're going through his multi-million best selling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. 

And in today’s conversation Yuval shares insights that have the power to change the world as we know it.

Powerful, insightful and thought provoking. 

This one is not to be missed. 

Search ā€˜the diary of a ceo’ on YouTube for the full episode OUT NOW 🤯

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Caption : Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! World-renowned intellectual, Yuval Noah Harari has thrilled millions of readers around the globe, delving into who we are, how we got here and where we’re going through his multi-million best selling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. And in today’s conversation Yuval shares insights that have the power to change the world as we know it. Powerful, insightful and thought provoking. This one is not to be missed. Search ā€˜the diary of a ceo’ on YouTube for the full episode OUT NOW 🤯
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Yuval Harari - 12K Likes - 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

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Caption : 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
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Yuval Harari - 11.9K Likes - Some people feel strongly that all colonialist legacies should be eradicated. Is it possible to achieve such a goal? Well, when such views are expressed using imperial languages (spoken by over 90% of the world's population), the answer is clearly – no. The idea that you can go back in time and erase all traces of colonialism is simply unrealistic. But just because we received certain legacies from our ancestors, that doesn't mean we have to behave like them!

From a recent conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio for for the full session.

#colonialism #imperialism #language #history

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Caption : Some people feel strongly that all colonialist legacies should be eradicated. Is it possible to achieve such a goal? Well, when such views are expressed using imperial languages (spoken by over 90% of the world’s population), the answer is clearly – no. The idea that you can go back in time and erase all traces of colonialism is simply unrealistic. But just because we received certain legacies from our ancestors, that doesn’t mean we have to behave like them! From a recent conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio for for the full session. #colonialism #imperialism #language #history
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Yuval Harari - 11.6K Likes - If humans are so wise, why are we on the verge of committing ecological and technological suicide?
In ā€˜Nexus’, Yuval Noah Harari explores the long-term history of information networks, as an essential background for understanding the threats and promises of AI.
AI is the first technology in history that can make decisions by itself, create ideas by itself, and take power away from humans.

Out on September 10, and available for pre-order via the link in bio.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari

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Caption : If humans are so wise, why are we on the verge of committing ecological and technological suicide? In ā€˜Nexus’, Yuval Noah Harari explores the long-term history of information networks, as an essential background for understanding the threats and promises of AI. AI is the first technology in history that can make decisions by itself, create ideas by itself, and take power away from humans. Out on September 10, and available for pre-order via the link in bio. #NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari
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Yuval Harari - 11.4K Likes - "The revolutions in biotech and infotech will give us control of the world inside us, and will enable us to engineer and manufacture life. We will learn how to design brains, extend lives, and kill thoughts at our discretion. Nobody knows what the consequences will be. Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely. It is easier to manipulate a river by building a dam over it than it is to predict all the complex consequences this will have for the wider ecological system."

#psychology #tech #quote #21lessons #21lessonsforthe21stcentury

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Caption : “The revolutions in biotech and infotech will give us control of the world inside us, and will enable us to engineer and manufacture life. We will learn how to design brains, extend lives, and kill thoughts at our discretion. Nobody knows what the consequences will be. Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely. It is easier to manipulate a river by building a dam over it than it is to predict all the complex consequences this will have for the wider ecological system.” #psychology #tech #quote #21lessons #21lessonsforthe21stcentury
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Yuval Harari - 11.4K Likes - Describing history as a ā€œchain of eventsā€ is a terrible metaphor. It's more like the vast roots of a big tree, where numerous causes come together to shape an event and countless consequences branch out. Single-cause explanations for events in history are more akin to conspiracy theories than actual science.

Watch the rest of the interview with @arimelber on @msnbc, through the link in the bio.
Filmed on November 14th, 2023.

#history #chainofevents #metaphor #conspiracytheory #historyfacts

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Caption : Describing history as a ā€œchain of eventsā€ is a terrible metaphor. It’s more like the vast roots of a big tree, where numerous causes come together to shape an event and countless consequences branch out. Single-cause explanations for events in history are more akin to conspiracy theories than actual science. Watch the rest of the interview with @arimelber on @msnbc, through the link in the bio. Filmed on November 14th, 2023. #history #chainofevents #metaphor #conspiracytheory #historyfacts
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Yuval Harari - 11.1K Likes - Is democracy a technological innovation?
Before the late modern age, there were no technical means to conduct a large-scale conversation between very large groups of people, such as an entire country. Information technology capable of allowing a democratic debate among so many people simply did not exist before that time.

Watch Yuval’s full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio . Filmed in front of a live audience at @92ndstreety on 3 March 2024.

#democracy #informationtechnology #history

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Caption : Is democracy a technological innovation? Before the late modern age, there were no technical means to conduct a large-scale conversation between very large groups of people, such as an entire country. Information technology capable of allowing a democratic debate among so many people simply did not exist before that time. Watch Yuval’s full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio . Filmed in front of a live audience at @92ndstreety on 3 March 2024. #democracy #informationtechnology #history
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Yuval Harari - 11K Likes - Human power comes from our intelligence and ability to tell stories and cooperate. But are these truly our best qualities? For all our power, we are still on the verge of destroying ourselves and our ecosystem. Our deepest insights come from compassion and introspection. Our best qualities are non-verbal.

To listen to this podcast conversation with @lexfridman, from July 2023, click the link in the bio.

#humanintelligence #storytelling #humanity #writing #stories #writer #compassion

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Caption : Human power comes from our intelligence and ability to tell stories and cooperate. But are these truly our best qualities? For all our power, we are still on the verge of destroying ourselves and our ecosystem. Our deepest insights come from compassion and introspection. Our best qualities are non-verbal. To listen to this podcast conversation with @lexfridman, from July 2023, click the link in the bio. #humanintelligence #storytelling #humanity #writing #stories #writer #compassion
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Yuval Harari - 10.6K Likes - How has our evolution shaped the world?
Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, tens of thousands of years ago, humans have been living in a dual reality. 
On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions. On the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. 
As time went by, the imagined reality became more and more powerful.
Today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities like the USA and Google.

#YuvalNoahHarari #Quote #Sapiens #CognitiveRevolution #Reality

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Caption : How has our evolution shaped the world? Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, tens of thousands of years ago, humans have been living in a dual reality. On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions. On the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. As time went by, the imagined reality became more and more powerful. Today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities like the USA and Google. 
#YuvalNoahHarari #Quote #Sapiens #CognitiveRevolution #Reality
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Yuval Harari - 10.6K Likes - How has our evolution shaped the world?
Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, tens of thousands of years ago, humans have been living in a dual reality. 
On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions. On the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. 
As time went by, the imagined reality became more and more powerful.
Today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities like the USA and Google.

#YuvalNoahHarari #Quote #Sapiens #CognitiveRevolution #Reality

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Caption : How has our evolution shaped the world? Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, tens of thousands of years ago, humans have been living in a dual reality. On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions. On the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. As time went by, the imagined reality became more and more powerful. Today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities like the USA and Google. 
#YuvalNoahHarari #Quote #Sapiens #CognitiveRevolution #Reality
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Yuval Harari - 10.6K Likes - Real-life monsters never look like Hollywood villains. They often look like the most beautiful thing in the world, and that's their danger.

Full conversation with @lexfridman available via the link in the bio (recorded in July 2023).

#hollywood #fascism #harrypotter

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Caption : Real-life monsters never look like Hollywood villains. They often look like the most beautiful thing in the world, and that’s their danger. Full conversation with @lexfridman available via the link in the bio (recorded in July 2023). #hollywood #fascism #harrypotter
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Yuval Harari - 10.3K Likes - People are free to believe in gods if they find it helpful, but there is no need for gods in order to live a good life.

Morality doesn’t mean ā€œobeying godsā€. Morality means ā€œliberating yourself and others from sufferingā€.

#morality #gods #atheism #religion #quote

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Caption : People are free to believe in gods if they find it helpful, but there is no need for gods in order to live a good life. Morality doesn’t mean ā€œobeying godsā€. Morality means ā€œliberating yourself and others from sufferingā€. #morality #gods #atheism #religion #quote
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Yuval Harari - 10.3K Likes - People cannot search for the truth and for the way out of suffering without the freedom to think, investigate, and experiment. Freedom is something to be cherished, and we must refrain from investing supreme authority in any text, institution or leader as the ultimate judge of what’s true and what’s right. Humans should always retain the freedom to doubt, to check again, to hear a second opinion, to try a different path.

#freedom #knowledge #21Lessons #quote

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Caption : People cannot search for the truth and for the way out of suffering without the freedom to think, investigate, and experiment. Freedom is something to be cherished, and we must refrain from investing supreme authority in any text, institution or leader as the ultimate judge of what’s true and what’s right. Humans should always retain the freedom to doubt, to check again, to hear a second opinion, to try a different path. #freedom #knowledge #21Lessons #quote
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Yuval Harari - 10.3K Likes - Here are 11 books I enjoyed reading in 2023. The first is 20 years old, the last is not out yet (in English), and all are recommended:

* 'Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar' by Simon Sebag Montefiore (2003)

* 'Data Feminism' by Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein (2020)

* 'God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning' by Meghan O'Gieblyn (2021)

* 'Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology' by Chris Miller (2022)

* 'The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World' by Max Fisher (2022)

* 'The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome' by Harry Sidebottom (2022)

* 'The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma' by Mustafa Suleyman (2023)

* 'How Not To Be a Politician: A Memoir' by Rory Stewart (2023)

* 'Elon Musk' by Walter Isaacson (2023)

* 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy' by Nathan Thrall (2023)

* 'Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World' by David van Reybrouck (out February 2024)

#books #bookrecommendations #goodreads #bookstagrammer

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Caption : Here are 11 books I enjoyed reading in 2023. The first is 20 years old, the last is not out yet (in English), and all are recommended: * ‘Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar’ by Simon Sebag Montefiore (2003) * ‘Data Feminism’ by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein (2020) * ‘God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning’ by Meghan O’Gieblyn (2021) * ‘Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology’ by Chris Miller (2022) * ‘The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World’ by Max Fisher (2022) * ‘The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome’ by Harry Sidebottom (2022) * ‘The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century’s Greatest Dilemma’ by Mustafa Suleyman (2023) * ‘How Not To Be a Politician: A Memoir’ by Rory Stewart (2023) * ‘Elon Musk’ by Walter Isaacson (2023) * ‘A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy’ by Nathan Thrall (2023) * ‘Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World’ by David van Reybrouck (out February 2024) #books #bookrecommendations #goodreads #bookstagrammer
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Yuval Harari - 10.2K Likes - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.

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Caption : “Various groups distort and weaponize the term ‘Zionism,’ depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism,” @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions. “We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949).” Harari warns: “If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history.” šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
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Yuval Harari - 10.2K Likes - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.

10.2K Likes – Yuval Harari Instagram

Caption : “Various groups distort and weaponize the term ‘Zionism,’ depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism,” @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions. “We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949).” Harari warns: “If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history.” šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
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Yuval Harari - 10.2K Likes - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.

10.2K Likes – Yuval Harari Instagram

Caption : “Various groups distort and weaponize the term ‘Zionism,’ depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism,” @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions. “We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949).” Harari warns: “If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history.” šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
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Yuval Harari - 10.2K Likes - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.

10.2K Likes – Yuval Harari Instagram

Caption : “Various groups distort and weaponize the term ‘Zionism,’ depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism,” @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions. “We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949).” Harari warns: “If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history.” šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
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Yuval Harari - 10.2K Likes - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.

10.2K Likes – Yuval Harari Instagram

Caption : “Various groups distort and weaponize the term ‘Zionism,’ depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism,” @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions. “We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949).” Harari warns: “If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history.” šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
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Yuval Harari - 10.2K Likes - "Various groups distort and weaponize the term 'Zionism,' depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism," @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions.

"We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)."
 
Harari warns:
"If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history."

šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.

10.2K Likes – Yuval Harari Instagram

Caption : “Various groups distort and weaponize the term ‘Zionism,’ depicting it as a malignant form of tribalism or even racism,” @yuval_noah_harari writes in @PostOpinions. “We cannot do justice here to the many strains that existed within Zionism over the past 150 years, and to the impact that events such as the Holocaust and the various Arab-Israeli wars had on Zionism. What is clear is that over the generations many Zionists did deny the right to Palestinian nationhood, and laid claim to the entire land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as well as to additional territories east of the Jordan, in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere. But other Zionists held much more sensible views, and were willing to settle for far less. David Ben-Gurion and the majority of Zionists embraced in 1947 the U.N. partition plan that mandated the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state. It was Palestinian rejection of this plan that led to the eruption of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949).” Harari warns: “If Netanyahu’s bigoted vision vanquishes Herzl’s Zionist ethos, it would alter the meaning not only of the modern state of Israel, but also of thousands of years of prior Jewish history.” šŸ”—Visit the link in the bio of @PostOpinions to read more.
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Yuval Harari - 9.5K Likes - Where’s the line between patriotism and nationalism? And how can you tell you’ve entered the danger zone?

Watch the full conversation with @ianbremmer via the link in bio. (Filmed in March 2024)

#patriotism #nationalism #love #hate

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Caption : Where’s the line between patriotism and nationalism? And how can you tell you’ve entered the danger zone? Watch the full conversation with @ianbremmer via the link in bio. (Filmed in March 2024) #patriotism #nationalism #love #hate
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Yuval Harari - 9.3K Likes - Successful projects are rarely the result of just one person's efforts. 'Sapiens' was inspired by conversations with students, and became a well-known book after many people got involved in reading, editing, translating and promoting it. There are many great books out there that hardly anyone knows about: it takes much more than just writing a good text. It requires building an entire team of dedicated people and collaborating on a long-term basis. Luckily, collaborating is something that humans can do quite well, when they put their minds to it!

You can watch the full @msnbc interview (filmed in November) via the link in the bio.

#sapiens #collaboration #books #humans

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Caption : Successful projects are rarely the result of just one person’s efforts. ‘Sapiens’ was inspired by conversations with students, and became a well-known book after many people got involved in reading, editing, translating and promoting it. There are many great books out there that hardly anyone knows about: it takes much more than just writing a good text. It requires building an entire team of dedicated people and collaborating on a long-term basis. Luckily, collaborating is something that humans can do quite well, when they put their minds to it! You can watch the full @msnbc interview (filmed in November) via the link in the bio. #sapiens #collaboration #books #humans
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Yuval Harari - 9.3K Likes - What’s the connection between feelings and rationality? 
Scientific insights into the way our brains and bodies work suggest that our feelings are not some uniquely human spiritual quality. They are biochemical mechanisms that all mammals and birds use to make decisions, by quickly calculating probabilities of survival and reproduction. 
So feelings are not the opposite of rationality: they are our body’s evolutionary rationality. 
#YuvalNoahHarari #Rationality #Feelings #biology

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Caption : What’s the connection between feelings and rationality? Scientific insights into the way our brains and bodies work suggest that our feelings are not some uniquely human spiritual quality. They are biochemical mechanisms that all mammals and birds use to make decisions, by quickly calculating probabilities of survival and reproduction. So feelings are not the opposite of rationality: they are our body’s evolutionary rationality. #YuvalNoahHarari #Rationality #Feelings #biology
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Yuval Harari - 9.2K Likes - ā€œScience certainly helped me to accept my sexuality as it is. Some people say that it’s unnatural to be gay, and that gay people break the laws of nature. Scientific research taught me that this is utter nonsense. Anything that exists is by definition also natural.ā€ @yuval_noah_harari

#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #science #sexuality #quote #yuvalnoahharari #sapienshiplab

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Caption : ā€œScience certainly helped me to accept my sexuality as it is. Some people say that it’s unnatural to be gay, and that gay people break the laws of nature. Scientific research taught me that this is utter nonsense. Anything that exists is by definition also natural.ā€ @yuval_noah_harari #pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #science #sexuality #quote #yuvalnoahharari #sapienshiplab
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Yuval Harari - 9.2K Likes - Social media and smartphones are designed to hack our brains and press our emotional buttons. We are constantly flooded with information and it is vital we find the time to disconnect in order to protect our mental well-being.

#YuvalNoahHarari #DigitalWellness #MentalHealth

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Caption : Social media and smartphones are designed to hack our brains and press our emotional buttons. We are constantly flooded with information and it is vital we find the time to disconnect in order to protect our mental well-being. #YuvalNoahHarari #DigitalWellness #MentalHealth
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Yuval Harari - 8.8K Likes - Announcing 'NEXUS': the thrilling and timely new book from the bestselling author of 'Sapiens', Yuval Noah Harari – to be published in September 2024. Find out more and pre-order a copy via the link in the bio.

'NEXUS' tells the story of how information networks have made and unmade our world, and asks: If humans are so wise, why are we so self-destructive? How can we rediscover our shared humanity? Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Harari invites us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence.

@vintagebooks @randomhouse @penguinrandomca @penguinrandomhouse @penguinindia @penguinbuecher @penguinlibros @companhiadasletras @penguinlivros @penguinbooksaus @penguinbooksnz @penguinbookssouthafrica

#Nexus #AI #information #pigeon #newbook #book #Harari

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Caption : Announcing ‘NEXUS’: the thrilling and timely new book from the bestselling author of ‘Sapiens’, Yuval Noah Harari – to be published in September 2024. Find out more and pre-order a copy via the link in the bio. ‘NEXUS’ tells the story of how information networks have made and unmade our world, and asks: If humans are so wise, why are we so self-destructive? How can we rediscover our shared humanity? Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Harari invites us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence. @vintagebooks @randomhouse @penguinrandomca @penguinrandomhouse @penguinindia @penguinbuecher @penguinlibros @companhiadasletras @penguinlivros @penguinbooksaus @penguinbooksnz @penguinbookssouthafrica #Nexus #AI #information #pigeon #newbook #book #Harari
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Yuval Harari - 8.7K Likes - Fear of the unknown can paralyze us more than any tyrant. People throughout history worried that unless we put all our faith in some set of absolute answers, human society will crumble. But modern history has demonstrated that a society of courageous people, who are willing to admit ignorance and raise difficult questions, is usually more prosperous and peaceful than societies where everyone unquestioningly accepts a single answer. People afraid of losing their truth tend to be more violent than people who are used to looking at the world from several different viewpoints. Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.

#quote #questions #answers #humanity #21lessonsforthe21stcentury #21lessons #quotes

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Caption : Fear of the unknown can paralyze us more than any tyrant. People throughout history worried that unless we put all our faith in some set of absolute answers, human society will crumble. But modern history has demonstrated that a society of courageous people, who are willing to admit ignorance and raise difficult questions, is usually more prosperous and peaceful than societies where everyone unquestioningly accepts a single answer. People afraid of losing their truth tend to be more violent than people who are used to looking at the world from several different viewpoints. Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question. #quote #questions #answers #humanity #21lessonsforthe21stcentury #21lessons #quotes
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Yuval Harari - 8.5K Likes - Why do humans cry? Good question… Children’s curiosity never ceases to amaze, and exploring reality through their eyes challenges adults to think harder – even when we don’t have the answers. The ā€˜Unstoppable Us’ book series is inspired by kids’ quest to understand the rules that arrange and control the world, and their personal role within it. For more on on #Unstoppable Us Vol.1 and Vol.2 click the link in the bio.

#middlegrade #childrensbooks #history #evolution

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Caption : Why do humans cry? Good question… Children’s curiosity never ceases to amaze, and exploring reality through their eyes challenges adults to think harder – even when we don’t have the answers. The ā€˜Unstoppable Us’ book series is inspired by kids’ quest to understand the rules that arrange and control the world, and their personal role within it. For more on on #Unstoppable Us Vol.1 and Vol.2 click the link in the bio. #middlegrade #childrensbooks #history #evolution
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Yuval Harari - 8.2K Likes - "For thousands of years the scientific road to growth was blocked because people believed that holy scriptures and ancient traditions already contained all the important knowledge the world had to offer. A corporation that believed all the oil fields in the world had already been discovered would not waste time and money searching for oil. Similarly, a human culture that believed it already knew everything worth knowing would not bother searching for new knowledge.
This was the position of most premodern human civilisations. However, the Scientific Revolution freed humankind from this naĆÆve conviction. The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance. Once humans realised how little they knew about the world, they suddenly had a very good reason to seek new knowledge, which opened up the scientific road to progress."

#knowledge #science #ignorance #quote #homodeus

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Caption : “For thousands of years the scientific road to growth was blocked because people believed that holy scriptures and ancient traditions already contained all the important knowledge the world had to offer. A corporation that believed all the oil fields in the world had already been discovered would not waste time and money searching for oil. Similarly, a human culture that believed it already knew everything worth knowing would not bother searching for new knowledge. This was the position of most premodern human civilisations. However, the Scientific Revolution freed humankind from this naĆÆve conviction. The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance. Once humans realised how little they knew about the world, they suddenly had a very good reason to seek new knowledge, which opened up the scientific road to progress.” #knowledge #science #ignorance #quote #homodeus
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Yuval Harari - 8.1K Likes - As we look at ourselves throughout history, humans have reached unimaginable levels of power, however we are no happier than we were in the past, says historian @yuval_noah_harari. In a recent conversation with @adamgrant, Harari emphasizes the importance of shifting our focus away from gaining power and onto being happier. Listen to the latest episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant wherever you get your podcasts.

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Caption : As we look at ourselves throughout history, humans have reached unimaginable levels of power, however we are no happier than we were in the past, says historian @yuval_noah_harari. In a recent conversation with @adamgrant, Harari emphasizes the importance of shifting our focus away from gaining power and onto being happier. Listen to the latest episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant wherever you get your podcasts.
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Yuval Harari - 8.1K Likes - There’s more than one way to censor content and ideas. Overwhelming people with too much information – even if it’s all truthful facts – prevents us from identifying what’s important and doesn’t let us filter out the noise. #TMI?

#censorship #quote

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Caption : There’s more than one way to censor content and ideas. Overwhelming people with too much information – even if it’s all truthful facts – prevents us from identifying what’s important and doesn’t let us filter out the noise. #TMI? #censorship #quote
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Yuval Harari - 8K Likes - Politics isn't the same as therapy. So politicians should be very careful what they say in public, because they can influence the behaviour of thousands, if not millions, of people. That's why they need to build a wall, but not the kind of wall they tell us they want to build.

Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio.
Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024.

#therapy #politics #buildthewall

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Caption : Politics isn’t the same as therapy. So politicians should be very careful what they say in public, because they can influence the behaviour of thousands, if not millions, of people. That’s why they need to build a wall, but not the kind of wall they tell us they want to build. Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio. Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024. #therapy #politics #buildthewall
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Yuval Harari - 7.7K Likes - If you recognize that both Palestinians and Israelis have the right to self-determination, then the only realistic path to resolving the painful conflict in the region is a 'two-state solution'.
Watch the recent @CNN interview with @camanpour via the link in bio.
#war #peace

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Caption : If you recognize that both Palestinians and Israelis have the right to self-determination, then the only realistic path to resolving the painful conflict in the region is a ‘two-state solution’. Watch the recent @CNN interview with @camanpour via the link in bio. #war #peace
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Yuval Harari - 7.6K Likes - History is full of unlikely events. Out of thousands of competing stories in the Roman Empire, Christianity came out on top – but it’s unclear why. The same is true for the rise of Islam and Communism. What obscure group or movement from today might turn out to be highly influential in our own future?

To listen to this podcast conversation with @lexfridman, from July 2023, click the link in the bio.

#christianity #islam #communism #history

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Caption : History is full of unlikely events. Out of thousands of competing stories in the Roman Empire, Christianity came out on top – but it’s unclear why. The same is true for the rise of Islam and Communism. What obscure group or movement from today might turn out to be highly influential in our own future? To listen to this podcast conversation with @lexfridman, from July 2023, click the link in the bio. #christianity #islam #communism #history
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Yuval Harari - 7.6K Likes - Learn #history to free yourself from the past and imagine alternative destinies.

#Inspiration #Freedom #YuvalNoahHarari

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Caption : Learn #history to free yourself from the past and imagine alternative destinies. #Inspiration #Freedom #YuvalNoahHarari
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Yuval Harari - 7.5K Likes - Dead people have captured your imagination. You can free it by studying history.

Listen to the full podcast conversation on ReThinking with @adamgrant: link in bio.

#history #war #hatred #freedom

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Caption : Dead people have captured your imagination. You can free it by studying history. Listen to the full podcast conversation on ReThinking with @adamgrant: link in bio. #history #war #hatred #freedom
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Yuval Harari - 7.5K Likes - Who cares what happened to a bunch of dead people 1,000 years ago?

History isn’t about knowing what happened in the past: it is the study of change and its lessons for our lives today. But it can’t be used to predict the future!

Full video available on YouTube: link in bio.

#YuvalNoahHarari #History #Change #Learning

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Caption : Who cares what happened to a bunch of dead people 1,000 years ago? History isn’t about knowing what happened in the past: it is the study of change and its lessons for our lives today. But it can’t be used to predict the future! Full video available on YouTube: link in bio. #YuvalNoahHarari #History #Change #Learning
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Yuval Harari - 7.2K Likes - We’re living through the most profound information revolution in human history. To understand it, we need to understand what has come before.

In ā€˜Nexus’, Yuval Noah Harari presents a brief (but mind-blowing) history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI.

Order the book in your language via the link in bio.

Out September 10.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari

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Caption : We’re living through the most profound information revolution in human history. To understand it, we need to understand what has come before. In ā€˜Nexus’, Yuval Noah Harari presents a brief (but mind-blowing) history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI. Order the book in your language via the link in bio. Out September 10. #NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari
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Yuval Harari - 6.9K Likes - Luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations. Once people get used to a certain luxury, they take it for granted. Then they begin to count on it. Finally they reach a point where they can’t live without it. Over the last few decades, we have invented countless time-saving devices that are supposed to make life more relaxed—washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, telephones, mobile phones, computers, email. We thought we were saving time; instead we revved up the treadmill of life to ten times its former speed and made our days more anxious and agitated.

#luxury #timesaving #anxiety #quote #sapiens

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Caption : Luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations. Once people get used to a certain luxury, they take it for granted. Then they begin to count on it. Finally they reach a point where they can’t live without it. Over the last few decades, we have invented countless time-saving devices that are supposed to make life more relaxed—washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, telephones, mobile phones, computers, email. We thought we were saving time; instead we revved up the treadmill of life to ten times its former speed and made our days more anxious and agitated. #luxury #timesaving #anxiety #quote #sapiens
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Yuval Harari - 6.7K Likes - Have you ever noticed words losing their impact over time?
Like money, words too suffer from inflation. In political debates, extreme terms are thrown around for shock, but their inflated use can dilute their meaning until the shock becomes a mere shrug.

If we're mindful of how we use them, words can have a lasting power.

For more on this idea, click the link in the bio.

#quote #words #shockvalue #inflation #terminology #devalue #quotes #powerofwords #meaning

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Caption : Have you ever noticed words losing their impact over time? Like money, words too suffer from inflation. In political debates, extreme terms are thrown around for shock, but their inflated use can dilute their meaning until the shock becomes a mere shrug. If we’re mindful of how we use them, words can have a lasting power. For more on this idea, click the link in the bio. #quote #words #shockvalue #inflation #terminology #devalue #quotes #powerofwords #meaning
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Yuval Harari - 6.6K Likes - What's the meaning of life? Philosophy, religion and science are all running out of time to address this question. As artificial intelligence and biotechnology give humans the power to reshape and re-engineer life, somebody will soon have to decide how to use this power – based on some story about the meaning of life. Philosophers are very patient people, but engineers are far less patient, and investors are the least patient of all. If you don’t know what to do with the power to engineer life, the invisible hand of the market will soon force upon you its own blind reply. Unless we're happy to entrust the future of life to the mercy of quarterly revenue reports, we need a clear idea what life is all about.

#AI #Science #Philosophy #Future #Quotes #21Lessons

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Caption : What’s the meaning of life? Philosophy, religion and science are all running out of time to address this question. As artificial intelligence and biotechnology give humans the power to reshape and re-engineer life, somebody will soon have to decide how to use this power – based on some story about the meaning of life. Philosophers are very patient people, but engineers are far less patient, and investors are the least patient of all. If you don’t know what to do with the power to engineer life, the invisible hand of the market will soon force upon you its own blind reply. Unless we’re happy to entrust the future of life to the mercy of quarterly revenue reports, we need a clear idea what life is all about. #AI #Science #Philosophy #Future #Quotes #21Lessons
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Yuval Harari - 6.3K Likes - The global financial system is very complicated. But what happens if it becomes so complex that only AI can understand it? That could threaten more than profits. It might even put democracy itself at risk.

To listen to Yuval’s full conversation with @steven, recorded last month, check out ā€˜Diary of a CEO’ on your favorite podcasting app – or click the link in the bio.

#ai #finance #democracy

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Caption : The global financial system is very complicated. But what happens if it becomes so complex that only AI can understand it? That could threaten more than profits. It might even put democracy itself at risk. To listen to Yuval’s full conversation with @steven, recorded last month, check out ā€˜Diary of a CEO’ on your favorite podcasting app – or click the link in the bio. #ai #finance #democracy
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Yuval Harari - 6.2K Likes - A well-told scientific story can have a deep and lasting impact on humanity. But how can we combine great storytelling with scientific rigor?

Good stories can drastically change the public's view of something. Similarly, science has the power to influence society and politics - but it should be committed to truth. Combining these qualities is crucial. For science to have a deeper impact, we need to have scientific storytellers.

Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023.

#science #storytelling #politics #society #stories

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Caption : A well-told scientific story can have a deep and lasting impact on humanity. But how can we combine great storytelling with scientific rigor? Good stories can drastically change the public’s view of something. Similarly, science has the power to influence society and politics – but it should be committed to truth. Combining these qualities is crucial. For science to have a deeper impact, we need to have scientific storytellers. Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023. #science #storytelling #politics #society #stories
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Yuval Harari - 6.2K Likes - Can Hamas' horrific violence incentivize peace? Will it alleviate the misery of Palestinians under Israeli occupation? Obviously not. There is no calculus for who is suffering more – only for what it's still possible to do in the future to reach reconciliation. This is what all sides should focus on.

Link in bio for the full @restispolitics interview about the Israel-Hamas war.

Recorded on 14 October 2023, and available in audio on all podcasting platforms.

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Caption : Can Hamas’ horrific violence incentivize peace? Will it alleviate the misery of Palestinians under Israeli occupation? Obviously not. There is no calculus for who is suffering more – only for what it’s still possible to do in the future to reach reconciliation. This is what all sides should focus on. Link in bio for the full @restispolitics interview about the Israel-Hamas war. Recorded on 14 October 2023, and available in audio on all podcasting platforms.
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Yuval Harari - 6.2K Likes - What happens when books start reading people? How will storytelling be transformed if your Kindle could analyze your emotional reactions to each and every sentence, then create books that are uniquely tailored to you?

Such questions still felt ā€˜futuristic’ back in 2016. Since the explosion of generative AI and facial recognition technology, these ideas relate to our present day reality.

#Technology #Reading #AI

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Caption : What happens when books start reading people? How will storytelling be transformed if your Kindle could analyze your emotional reactions to each and every sentence, then create books that are uniquely tailored to you? Such questions still felt ā€˜futuristic’ back in 2016. Since the explosion of generative AI and facial recognition technology, these ideas relate to our present day reality. #Technology #Reading #AI
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Yuval Harari - 6.1K Likes - Fascism and Communism both view the world through the lens of conflict. They see history as the story of conflicts between nations, races or classes of people. Only Liberalism sees the world as a place where we can co-operate with one another for the better.

Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio.
Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024.

#fascism #communism #marxism #liberalism #conflict #cooperation

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Caption : Fascism and Communism both view the world through the lens of conflict. They see history as the story of conflicts between nations, races or classes of people. Only Liberalism sees the world as a place where we can co-operate with one another for the better. Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio. Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024. #fascism #communism #marxism #liberalism #conflict #cooperation
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Yuval Harari - 6.1K Likes - Power = happiness? šŸ¤”...

Listen to Yuval's full conversation with @steven via the link in bio. (Recorded December 2023)

#power #wealth #happiness

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Caption : Power = happiness? šŸ¤”… Listen to Yuval’s full conversation with @steven via the link in bio. (Recorded December 2023) #power #wealth #happiness
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Yuval Harari - 5.8K Likes - @yuval_noah_harari has a unique way of explaining epidemics and disease to children in his book, ā€œUnstoppable Us, Vol. 2: Why the World Isn’t Fairā€

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Caption : @yuval_noah_harari has a unique way of explaining epidemics and disease to children in his book, ā€œUnstoppable Us, Vol. 2: Why the World Isn’t Fairā€
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Yuval Harari - 5.8K Likes - "For thousands of years, people all over the world believed that women were inferior to men and could never be priests, teachers, or rulers. It took a lot of people all over the world doing a lot of brave things to change the story of women. One of them is Malala Yousafzai, who was born in 1997 in the town of Mingora, Pakistan."
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This excerpt from my children's book 'Unstoppable Us: Why the World Isn't Fair' attempts to condense thousands of years of painful history and to celebrate the revolution that gave women a voice – in a way that's digestible for middle-grade readers. Let's hope that in the future, equal opportunities will prevail and this text will read like science fiction. Happy International Women's Day.

#internationalwomensday

Illustration: @ricard_zaplana

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Caption : “For thousands of years, people all over the world believed that women were inferior to men and could never be priests, teachers, or rulers. It took a lot of people all over the world doing a lot of brave things to change the story of women. One of them is Malala Yousafzai, who was born in 1997 in the town of Mingora, Pakistan.” —— This excerpt from my children’s book ‘Unstoppable Us: Why the World Isn’t Fair’ attempts to condense thousands of years of painful history and to celebrate the revolution that gave women a voice – in a way that’s digestible for middle-grade readers. Let’s hope that in the future, equal opportunities will prevail and this text will read like science fiction. Happy International Women’s Day. #internationalwomensday Illustration: @ricard_zaplana
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Yuval Harari - 5.8K Likes - Why do people live in cities? Who invented writing? Which is healthier, food that you farm or food that you hunt? Why are adults so scared of taxes? Why is the world so unfair?
Explore these questions and many more in ā€˜Unstoppable Us, Vol.2: Why the World Isn’t Fair’: Yuval Noah Harari’s brand new book for middle-grade readers. Out now: link in bio.

#middlegrade #childrensbooks #education #history #UnstoppableUs

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Caption : Why do people live in cities? Who invented writing? Which is healthier, food that you farm or food that you hunt? Why are adults so scared of taxes? Why is the world so unfair? Explore these questions and many more in ā€˜Unstoppable Us, Vol.2: Why the World Isn’t Fair’: Yuval Noah Harari’s brand new book for middle-grade readers. Out now: link in bio. #middlegrade #childrensbooks #education #history #UnstoppableUs
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Yuval Harari - 5.5K Likes - By capturing our attention with free information, free services and free entertainment, Big Tech accumulates immense amounts of data about us. This data is worth more than any advertising revenue. If we want to prevent the concentration of all wealth and power in the hands of a small elite, we must regulate the ownership of data.

#BigTech #data #dataism #quote #21lessons #AI

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Caption : By capturing our attention with free information, free services and free entertainment, Big Tech accumulates immense amounts of data about us. This data is worth more than any advertising revenue. If we want to prevent the concentration of all wealth and power in the hands of a small elite, we must regulate the ownership of data. #BigTech #data #dataism #quote #21lessons #AI
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Yuval Harari - 5.4K Likes - ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€

Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s
@theeconomist . Link in bio.

#Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit

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Caption : ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€ Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s @theeconomist . Link in bio. #Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit
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Yuval Harari - 5.4K Likes - ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€

Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s
@theeconomist . Link in bio.

#Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit

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Caption : ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€ Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s @theeconomist . Link in bio. #Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit
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Yuval Harari - 5.4K Likes - ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€

Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s
@theeconomist . Link in bio.

#Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit

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Caption : ā€œTo prevent a new age of imperialism, leadership is needed from many directions. The upcoming Ukraine peace summit can provide the stage for two particularly important steps. First, European countries, some of which could be the next targets of Russian imperialism, should make a firm commitment to support Ukraine no matter how long the war lasts. The second important step is greater leadership from non-European countries.ā€ Read the full piece by Yuval Noah Harari in today’s @theeconomist . Link in bio. #Ukraine #Russia #War #Peace #GlobalPeaceSummit
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Yuval Harari - 5.4K Likes - The world is full of difficult problems, and it’s not possible to hide this from kids. But having an open conversation with children about global challenges doesn’t have to be scary. We can highlight to them what we should also remind ourselves: that people made this world what it is, and people have the power to change it.

Watch Yuval's full conversation with @ianbremmer: link in bio.

#children #kids #education #challenges #war #humanity #empower #unstoppableus

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Caption : The world is full of difficult problems, and it’s not possible to hide this from kids. But having an open conversation with children about global challenges doesn’t have to be scary. We can highlight to them what we should also remind ourselves: that people made this world what it is, and people have the power to change it. Watch Yuval’s full conversation with @ianbremmer: link in bio. #children #kids #education #challenges #war #humanity #empower #unstoppableus
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Yuval Harari - 5.2K Likes - Do you want to make a change in the world? Doing so as an isolated activist is almost impossible.
Our - that is, Homo sapiens' – superpower is the ability to cooperate in large numbers. 50 people cooperating in an organization can make a much bigger difference than 500 isolated individuals.

Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio.
Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024.

#cooperation #superpower #changetheworld

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Caption : Do you want to make a change in the world? Doing so as an isolated activist is almost impossible. Our – that is, Homo sapiens’ – superpower is the ability to cooperate in large numbers. 50 people cooperating in an organization can make a much bigger difference than 500 isolated individuals. Watch the full presentation and panel discussion through the link in the bio. Filmed in Cambridge, England, on 27 February 2024. #cooperation #superpower #changetheworld
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Yuval Harari - 5.1K Likes - Can democracy survive without nationalism? Without the feeling of special love and care for your community?

Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio.

#democracy #nationalism #patriotism #community #tribalism

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Caption : Can democracy survive without nationalism? Without the feeling of special love and care for your community? Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio. #democracy #nationalism #patriotism #community #tribalism
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Yuval Harari - 5K Likes - History isn't just about studying the past; it's the study of change, and it's more relevant now than ever. Today we face the most rapid changes ever in history, so understanding the mechanisms of historical change is crucial.

Watch the rest of @arimelber's interview with Yuval Noah Harari, for @msnbc, through the link in the bio.
Filmed on November 14th, 2023.

#history #past #future #change #whatishistory #thefuture #historical #studyhistory

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Caption : History isn’t just about studying the past; it’s the study of change, and it’s more relevant now than ever. Today we face the most rapid changes ever in history, so understanding the mechanisms of historical change is crucial. Watch the rest of @arimelber’s interview with Yuval Noah Harari, for @msnbc, through the link in the bio. Filmed on November 14th, 2023. #history #past #future #change #whatishistory #thefuture #historical #studyhistory
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Yuval Harari - 4.9K Likes - Why are there so many wars and conflicts breaking out around the world? Populist leaders like Donald Trump have rejected the idea of global order and openly stated that they only care about their own nation. But without offering an alternative way of managing the relations between nations, the world falls inevitably into disorder.

To listen to Yuval’s full conversation with @steven, recorded last month, search ā€˜Diary of a CEO’ on your favorite podcasting app – or click the link in the bio to watch it on Youtube.

#war #conflict #politics #populism

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Caption : Why are there so many wars and conflicts breaking out around the world? Populist leaders like Donald Trump have rejected the idea of global order and openly stated that they only care about their own nation. But without offering an alternative way of managing the relations between nations, the world falls inevitably into disorder. To listen to Yuval’s full conversation with @steven, recorded last month, search ā€˜Diary of a CEO’ on your favorite podcasting app – or click the link in the bio to watch it on Youtube. #war #conflict #politics #populism
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Yuval Harari - 4.9K Likes - People all around the world share common human experiences, so why then do we incite conflicts with each other? Why do we cause injustices to one another? It all comes down to ignorance and the problematic stories we believe about each other.

Liberalism suggests that human history is not primarily about conflict but about our shared experiences. If a story we tell ourselves about other people is the cause of conflict, then we should change that story.

Watch Yuval's full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio . Filmed in front of a live audience at @92ndstreety on 3 March 2024.

#liberalism #humanity #conflict #ignorance

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Caption : People all around the world share common human experiences, so why then do we incite conflicts with each other? Why do we cause injustices to one another? It all comes down to ignorance and the problematic stories we believe about each other. Liberalism suggests that human history is not primarily about conflict but about our shared experiences. If a story we tell ourselves about other people is the cause of conflict, then we should change that story. Watch Yuval’s full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio . Filmed in front of a live audience at @92ndstreety on 3 March 2024. #liberalism #humanity #conflict #ignorance
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Yuval Harari - 4.8K Likes - Can humans live in harmony with nature? It depends if you mean in theory or in practice… The gap between the two can always be bridged, because our unstoppable species has a choice. Exploring big life questions with children serves as a great reminder of all the possibilities available to us.

To check out the #UnstoppableUs book series, visit the link in the bio.

#childrensbooks #education #history

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Caption : Can humans live in harmony with nature? It depends if you mean in theory or in practice… The gap between the two can always be bridged, because our unstoppable species has a choice. Exploring big life questions with children serves as a great reminder of all the possibilities available to us. To check out the #UnstoppableUs book series, visit the link in the bio. #childrensbooks #education #history
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Yuval Harari - 4.8K Likes - It's a bad time to be a dictator. The rise of AI poses threats and opportunities for various people, but one thing's for sure: it can't be intimidated or terrorized.

Watch Yuval's full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio.

#AI #dictators #totalitarianism

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Caption : It’s a bad time to be a dictator. The rise of AI poses threats and opportunities for various people, but one thing’s for sure: it can’t be intimidated or terrorized. Watch Yuval’s full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio. #AI #dictators #totalitarianism
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Yuval Harari - 4.7K Likes - What are the three biggest threats to humanity right now? And how do they impact each other?

A new world war could destroy us completely. But it could also ā€˜just’ detract our attention from other existential risks, like the ecological crisis and the AI revolution. To protect ourselves from these major threats, we need to stop fighting each other and start focusing on global cooperation.

Watch Yuval’s recent keynote and panel discussion, filmed at the University of Cambridge. Link in bio.

#globalwar #airevolution #ecologicalcrisis #humanity

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Caption : What are the three biggest threats to humanity right now? And how do they impact each other? A new world war could destroy us completely. But it could also ā€˜just’ detract our attention from other existential risks, like the ecological crisis and the AI revolution. To protect ourselves from these major threats, we need to stop fighting each other and start focusing on global cooperation. Watch Yuval’s recent keynote and panel discussion, filmed at the University of Cambridge. Link in bio. #globalwar #airevolution #ecologicalcrisis #humanity
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Yuval Harari - 4.7K Likes - The age of AI is here. What can history teach us?
ā€˜NEXUS’ by Yuval Noah Harari, tells the thrilling story of how information networks have made and unmade our world. This new book takes us from the Stone Age through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today. Harari highlights the urgent choices we must make, now that non-human intelligence threatens our very existence, and invites us to rediscover our shared humanity.

Order ā€˜Nexus’ in your language: link in bio!
Out September 10, 2024.

#NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari

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Caption : The age of AI is here. What can history teach us? ā€˜NEXUS’ by Yuval Noah Harari, tells the thrilling story of how information networks have made and unmade our world. This new book takes us from the Stone Age through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today. Harari highlights the urgent choices we must make, now that non-human intelligence threatens our very existence, and invites us to rediscover our shared humanity. Order ā€˜Nexus’ in your language: link in bio! Out September 10, 2024. #NexusBook #AI #information #newbook #book #YuvalNoahHarari
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Yuval Harari - 4.6K Likes - They say that one person can change the world, but is that really true? If we really want to change the world for the better, we need to make use of a superpower that only humans possess.

Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023.

#activism #cooperation #changetheworld #superpower #humanity

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Caption : They say that one person can change the world, but is that really true? If we really want to change the world for the better, we need to make use of a superpower that only humans possess. Click the link in bio for the full interview with @MSNBC, filmed in November 2023. #activism #cooperation #changetheworld #superpower #humanity
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Yuval Harari - 4.6K Likes - If you go back 4 billion years, to the beginning of organic life, can you even imagine dinosaurs or human beings? 

AI is rapidly advancing, evolving millions of times faster than organic life. It’s crucial to understand its potential and the speed of its growth as we navigate this new frontier.

Full interview available on Youtube: link in bio.

#YuvalNoahHarari #AIEvolution #FutureOfAI

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Caption : If you go back 4 billion years, to the beginning of organic life, can you even imagine dinosaurs or human beings? AI is rapidly advancing, evolving millions of times faster than organic life. It’s crucial to understand its potential and the speed of its growth as we navigate this new frontier. Full interview available on Youtube: link in bio. #YuvalNoahHarari #AIEvolution #FutureOfAI
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Yuval Harari - 4.5K Likes - What happened to conservatives? They used to be all about conserving. They used to protect institutions and traditions – but nowadays, in many countries, they’re attempting to overthrow and destroy them instead.

Watch Yuval’s full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio.

#conservatives #progressives #revolution #radicals #politics

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Caption : What happened to conservatives? They used to be all about conserving. They used to protect institutions and traditions – but nowadays, in many countries, they’re attempting to overthrow and destroy them instead. Watch Yuval’s full conversation with author and @gzeromedia founder @ianbremmer, via the link in bio. #conservatives #progressives #revolution #radicals #politics
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Yuval Harari - 4.5K Likes - For thousands of years, humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people. Will humans hold onto power for much longer in the age of AI?

#gods #humanism #authority #power #agency #AI #quote

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Caption : For thousands of years, humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people. Will humans hold onto power for much longer in the age of AI? #gods #humanism #authority #power #agency #AI #quote
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Yuval Harari - 4.3K Likes - What defines our identity?
The people we fight most often are our own family members. The disagreements that defined our ancestors are different from those of twenty-first-century humans. People in 1618 or 1940 Europe would be more likely to clash over things like race or religion. Today, they clash over dilemmas like an aging population, capitalism, and global warming. It's the things we fight over that make us who we are. Identity is defined by conflicts and dilemmas more than by agreements.

#quote #21lessons #identity #21lessonsforthe21stcentury #quotes

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Caption : What defines our identity? The people we fight most often are our own family members. The disagreements that defined our ancestors are different from those of twenty-first-century humans. People in 1618 or 1940 Europe would be more likely to clash over things like race or religion. Today, they clash over dilemmas like an aging population, capitalism, and global warming. It’s the things we fight over that make us who we are. Identity is defined by conflicts and dilemmas more than by agreements. #quote #21lessons #identity #21lessonsforthe21stcentury #quotes
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Yuval Harari - 4.2K Likes - How can peace and Palestinian rights be achieved? These vital goals have been completely abandoned by the Netanyahu government. But it's also crucial to understand that Hamas' aim is to destroy any chance of peace – now and in the future.

Watch Yuval Noah Harari's full interview with @lucianohuck for O GLOBO, filmed on 24 October 2023. Link in bio.

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Caption : How can peace and Palestinian rights be achieved? These vital goals have been completely abandoned by the Netanyahu government. But it’s also crucial to understand that Hamas’ aim is to destroy any chance of peace – now and in the future. Watch Yuval Noah Harari’s full interview with @lucianohuck for O GLOBO, filmed on 24 October 2023. Link in bio.
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Yuval Harari - 4.1K Likes - We’re all carrying around the baggage of our ancestors: ā€˜suitcases’ full of ideas, traditions and attitudes that belong to dead people. Perhaps it’s time to put some of the baggage down, sort through it, and see what we really need to take with us into the future?

Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio.

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4.1K Likes – Yuval Harari Instagram

Caption : We’re all carrying around the baggage of our ancestors: ā€˜suitcases’ full of ideas, traditions and attitudes that belong to dead people. Perhaps it’s time to put some of the baggage down, sort through it, and see what we really need to take with us into the future? Listen to the full conversation with @adamgrant for the ReThinking podcast. Link in bio. #baggage #history #liberation
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