What Yuval Noah Harari thinks about creativity

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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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5 dated positions, 2015 to c. 2024–2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Yuval Noah Harari has said — not written or endorsed by them.

1. c. 2024–2025

   Our readingStories, like DNA, can create new entities and even a whole new level of reality

   Their wordsLike DNA, stories can create new entities. Indeed, stories can even create an entirely new level of reality.

   ↗Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition)books.google.com All 31 from this book

3. 10 Sept 2024

   Our readingAI is not a tool but an agent, the first technology that can make decisions and invent new ideas by itself

   Their wordsI think the most important thing to understand about AI is that AI is not a tool. It is an agent. It's the first technology in history that can make decisions and invent new ideas by itself.

   ↗Yuval Noah Harari - "Nexus" & Threat of AI in the Information Age | The Daily Showyoutube.com 1st of 3 in this recording

4. 5 years earlier

5. 23 Jan 2020

   Our readingWe face philosophical bankruptcy: technology gives the means to create heaven or hell but philosophers cannot yet picture them

   Their wordsthe twin revolutions of info tech and biotech are now giving politicians and business people the means to create heaven or hell but the Philosopher's are having trouble conceptualizing what the new heaven and the new hell will look like

   ↗How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020youtube.com 6th of 12 in this recording

6. 8 months earlier

7. 24 May 2019

   Our readingThe Game of Thrones ending ran out of imagination and let fantasy win over reality

   Their wordsIt seems that in the end the creators of the show have run out of imagination, so opted for the easiest solution and allowed fantasy to win over reality.

   ↗Game of Thrones: A Battle of Reality Versus Fantasy (Wired)wired.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

8. 4 years earlier

9. 24 Jul 2015

   Our readingHumans can cooperate with countless strangers because they alone can create and believe fictional stories

   Their wordsWe can cooperate flexibly with countless numbers of strangers, because we alone, of all the animals on the planet, can create and believe fictions, fictional stories.

   ↗Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari | TEDyoutube.com 3rd of 6 in this recording