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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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  1. Our readingPeople are very good at solving problems but tend to solve the wrong ones

    Their wordsthroughout history, the problem is people are very good at solving problems, but they tend to solve the wrong problems.

    ↗Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harariyoutube.com 9th of 18 in this recording

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  3. Our readingInformation technology and biotechnology could build either paradise or hell, depending on our political ideals

    Their wordsIn the 21st century we could use information technology and biotechnology to build either paradise or hell, depending on our political ideals.

    ↗50 years after Stonewall: Yuval Noah Harari on the new threats to LGBT rights (The Guardian)theguardian.com 6th of 7 in this piece

  5. Our readingForecasts of the 21st century should concern what humankind will try to achieve, not what it will succeed in achieving

    Their wordsMy prediction is focused on what humankind will try to achieve in the twenty-first century – not what it will succeed in achieving.

    ↗Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015)books.google.com All 30 from this book

  7. Our readingThe hard part of a shared story is not telling it but getting everyone else to believe it

    Their wordsThe difficulty lies not in telling the story, but in convincing everyone else to believe it.

    ↗Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Vintage, 2015 edition; first published in Hebrew 2011; translated by the author with John Purcell and Haim Watzman)books.google.com All 35 from this book