Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976; author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and Nexus; lecturer in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; co-founder of Sapienship in 2019.
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Their wordsLiberalism’s great advantage over other ideologies is that it is flexible and undogmatic. It can sustain criticism better than any other social order.
↗Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian)theguardian.com 1st of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsUnfortunately, “free will” isn’t a scientific reality. It is a myth inherited from Christian theology.
↗Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian)theguardian.com 2nd of 5 in this piece
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Belief in free will has become dangerous, since believers will be the easiest people to manipulate
Their wordsBut now the belief in “free will” suddenly becomes dangerous. If governments and corporations succeed in hacking the human animal, the easiest people to manipulate will be those who believe in free will.
↗Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian)theguardian.com 3rd of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsIt is particularly important to get to know your weaknesses. They are the main tools of those who try to hack you.
↗Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian)theguardian.com 4th of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsWe should defend liberal democracy, not only because it has proved to be a more benign form of government than any of its alternatives, but also because it places the fewest limitations on debating the future of humanity.
↗Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian)theguardian.com 5th of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsThe crucial problem isn’t creating new jobs. The crucial problem is creating new jobs that humans perform better than algorithms.
↗The meaning of life in a world without work (The Guardian)theguardian.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsTo the best of our scientific knowledge, human life has no meaning. The meaning of life is always a fictional story created by us humans.
↗The meaning of life in a world without work (The Guardian)theguardian.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsIn any case, the end of work will not necessarily mean the end of meaning, because meaning is generated by imagining rather than by working.
↗The meaning of life in a world without work (The Guardian)theguardian.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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