What Yuval Noah Harari thinks about Russia
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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3 dated positions, 2018 to 2023, in their own words. Our reading of what Yuval Noah Harari has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIn contrast to the views held by fanatical racists, as well as by people taking the condemnation of “cultural appropriation” to extremes, Tolstoy isn’t the exclusive property of Russians. Tolstoy belongs to all humans.
↗The Dangerous Quest for Identity (TIME)time.com 3rd of 4 in this piece
- 10 months earlier
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Their wordsThat’s a complete lie – Ukraine is a nation with more than a thousand years of history, and Kyiv was already a major metropolis when Moscow was not even a village.
↗Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war (The Guardian)theguardian.com 1st of 5 in this piece
- 3 years earlier
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Their wordsBut once somebody (whether in San Francisco or Beijing or Moscow) gains the technological ability to manipulate the human heart—reliably, cheaply, and at scale—democratic politics will mutate into an emotional puppet show.
↗Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic)theatlantic.com 6th of 11 in this piece