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Yuval Noah Harari

What Yuval Noah Harari thinks about education

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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, 2017 to 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what Yuval Noah Harari has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingThere is enough land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean for everybody; the conflict is over stories

    Their wordsThere is enough land, for instance, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean to build houses and schools and hospitals for everybody. And there is certainly enough food. There is no shortage of food. But people have different mythologies, different stories in their minds, and they can't find a common story they can agree about.

    ↗Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming!youtube.com 2nd of 24 in this recording

  3. Our readingMoney is shifting from nurses and schools to tanks and missiles, and this is the result of human decisions

    Their wordsThe money is increasingly going to tanks and missiles and cyber weapons instead of to nurses and, and schools and social workers. And again, it's not inevitable. It's the result of human decisions.

    ↗Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming!youtube.com 19th of 24 in this recording

  5. Our readingSchools should downplay technical skills and emphasise general-purpose life skills

    Their wordsMore broadly, schools should downplay technical skills and emphasise general-purpose life skills.

    ↗21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018)books.google.com All 26 from this book

  7. Our readingEducation should emphasize emotional intelligence and mental stability, because young people will have to reinvent themselves repeatedly

    Their wordsSo the most important things to emphasize in education are things like emotional intelligence and mental stability, because the one thing that they will need for sure is the ability to reinvent themselves repeatedly throughout their lives.

    ↗Yuval Noah Harari | 21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Talks at Googleyoutube.com 1st of 12 in this recording

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  9. Our readingMost of what schools teach children today will be irrelevant to the job market of 2040

    AI and jobs

    Their wordsmost of what we teach children today in school or in college is going to be completely irrelevant to the job market of 2040, 2050.

    ↗Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari (TED Dialogues)youtube.com 4th of 12 in this recording