What Yuval Noah Harari thinks about humility
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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9 dated positions, 2019 to c. 2024–2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Yuval Noah Harari has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe holy book is supposed to be infallible. The self-correcting mechanism embraces fallibility.
↗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
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Their wordsCrucially, scientific institutions are willing to admit their institutional responsibility for major mistakes and crimes.
↗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
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Their wordsAnd I realized first that I know almost nothing about my mind. I have no control of my mind.
↗Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harariyoutube.com 16th of 18 in this recording
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Our readingFacing an uncertain world, switch from panic to bewilderment, because panic is a form of hubris
Their wordsThe first step is to tone down the prophecies of doom, and switch from panic mode to bewilderment. Panic is a form of hubris.
↗21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018)books.google.com All 26 from this book
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Their wordsObserving the truth about yourself is just so difficult! Even if you somehow manage to get most humans to try it, many of us will quickly distort the truth we encounter into some story with heroes, villains and enemies, and find really good excuses to go to war.
↗21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018)books.google.com All 26 from this book
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Our readingOne can speak with authority only about the meditation technique one has personally practised
Their wordsI have had personal experience with only one technique - Vipassana – so it is the only one about which I can talk with any authority.
↗21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018)books.google.com All 26 from this book
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Our readingMost people do not know themselves very well
Their wordsMost people don't know themselves very well.
↗21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018)books.google.com All 26 from this book
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Our readingPeople who feel good about themselves have done some of the most terrible things in human history
Their wordsPeople that feel good about themselves have done some of the most terrible things in human history.
↗Mark Zuckerberg & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversationyoutube.com 4th of 9 in this recording
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Our readingThe more we understand the complex world inside us, the less we can simply trust our inner voice
Their wordsThe more we understand about the extremely complex world inside us, the less easy it is to simply trust what this inner voice is telling, is saying.
↗Mark Zuckerberg & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversationyoutube.com 8th of 9 in this recording