The ideas Yuval Noah Harari's claims keep coming back to. The labels are ours; every quote is Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
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Humans rule the planet because they cooperate in huge numbers around shared stories: gods, nations, money, rights Since 2015 · 39 claims
Progress has made humans far more powerful but not happier: wheat domesticated the farmers, and modernity traded meaning for power Since 2017 · 9 claims
Humans are hackable animals: biology, computing power and data together can read and steer our feelings Since 2015 · 25 claims
Information connects people more than it reveals truth; truth is rare and costly, and engagement algorithms reward outrage Since 2024 · 23 claims
AI is an alien agent, not a tool, and an arms race to build it is the defining danger of the century Since 2018 · 23 claims
Democracies survive on self-correcting institutions, transfers of power and trust between strangers Since 2018 · 27 claims
Whoever controls data controls power, and AI could hand dictatorships or algorithms total surveillance Since 2018 · 14 claims
Automation could create a useless class, so people will have to reinvent themselves again and again Since 2015 · 14 claims
Nuclear war, climate change and disruptive technology are global problems that no nation can solve alone Since 2017 · 16 claims
Suffering is the test of what is real; the work is to know your own mind and reduce the suffering of every sentient being Since 2015 · 22 claims
Humankind will reach next for immortality, bliss and divinity, and the attempt may turn it into something else 8 claims
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Each column is a stretch of time in which the same views came up; a new column starts when one appears or goes quiet. Quiet means nothing on it in our sources for that stretch, which is not the same as a change of mind; Dropped means they said they no longer hold it; tap the card for which claim and when. Revised means the view carries on but one of its claims was dropped. Each row is one view, in the same place all the way along. The number is how many claims in that stretch; we hold 24 in 2015, 0 in 2016, 22 in 2017, 34 in 2018, 18 in 2019, 24 in 2020, 0 in 2021, 15 in 2022, 18 in 2023, 68 in 2024, 17 in 2025, 19 in 2026.
Humans rule the planet because they cooperate in huge numbers around shared stories: gods, nations, money, rights
Our label. 39 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
24 Jul 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We 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 | TED youtube.com · 24 Jul 2015 · 7:04 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words We 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. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
24 Jul 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Humans control the planet because they are the only animals that can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers. ↗ Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari | TED youtube.com · 24 Jul 2015 · 1:59 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Humans control the planet because they are the only animals that can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
24 Jul 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Money, in fact, is the most successful story ever invented and told by humans, because it is the only story everybody believes. ↗ Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari | TED youtube.com · 24 Jul 2015 · 12:36 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Money, in fact, is the most successful story ever invented and told by humans, because it is the only story everybody believes. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
24 Jul 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Human rights, just like God and heaven, are just a story that we've invented. They are not an objective reality; they are not some biological effect about homo sapiens. ↗ Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari | TED youtube.com · 24 Jul 2015 · 9:35 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Human rights, just like God and heaven, are just a story that we've invented. They are not an objective reality; they are not some biological effect about homo sapiens. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 Feb 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
So you don't need the truth to take over the world. ↗ New Religions of the 21st Century | Yuval Harari | Talks at Google youtube.com · 8 Feb 2015 · 1:02:31 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words So you don't need the truth to take over the world. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Feb 2022 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Nations are ultimately built on stories. ↗ Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 28 Feb 2022 All korrents from this piece
Their words Nations are ultimately built on stories. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Oct 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The key is to remember that we created them to serve us, and not that we are here in order to serve them. The trouble really begins when people lose sight of the simple reality that we are real, they are not. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari | 21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Talks at Google youtube.com · 11 Oct 2018 · 33:34 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The key is to remember that we created them to serve us, and not that we are here in order to serve them. The trouble really begins when people lose sight of the simple reality that we are real, they are not. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Feb 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Identity is always problematic, because identity is always based on fictional stories that sooner or later collide with reality. ↗ Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari (TED Dialogues) youtube.com · 21 Feb 2017 · 0:32:32 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Identity is always problematic, because identity is always based on fictional stories that sooner or later collide with reality. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
There 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 · 11 Jan 2024 · 0:06:38 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words There 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. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
It sometimes happens, but most wars in history were not really about territory or food. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! youtube.com · 11 Jan 2024 · 0:06:32 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words It sometimes happens, but most wars in history were not really about territory or food. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Dec 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
And it's always the people who are experts in storytelling that give the orders to people who merely know the facts of nuclear physics. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: Why advanced societies fall for mass delusion | Big Think youtube.com · 11 Dec 2025 · 4:34 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words And it's always the people who are experts in storytelling that give the orders to people who merely know the facts of nuclear physics. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Dec 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Every large scale human system is based on an unlikely marriage between mythology and bureaucracy. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: Why advanced societies fall for mass delusion | Big Think youtube.com · 11 Dec 2025 · 34:22 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Every large scale human system is based on an unlikely marriage between mythology and bureaucracy. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
24 Jul 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
all the horrible things humans have been doing throughout history -- and we have been doing some very horrible things -- all those things are also based on large-scale cooperation. ↗ Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari | TED youtube.com · 24 Jul 2015 · 6:08 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words all the horrible things humans have been doing throughout history -- and we have been doing some very horrible things -- all those things are also based on large-scale cooperation. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 May 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
To the best of our scientific knowledge, human life has no meaning. The meaning of life is always a fictional story created by us humans. ↗ The meaning of life in a world without work (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 8 May 2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words To the best of our scientific knowledge, human life has no meaning. The meaning of life is always a fictional story created by us humans. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
An imagined reality is not a lie. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words An imagined reality is not a lie. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words The difficulty lies not in telling the story, but in convincing everyone else to believe it. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Consequently, ever since the Cognitive Revolution Homo sapiens has been able to revise its behaviour rapidly. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words Consequently, ever since the Cognitive Revolution Homo sapiens has been able to revise its behaviour rapidly. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We believe in a particular order not because it is objectively true, but because believing in it enables us to cooperate effectively and forge a better society. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words We believe in a particular order not because it is objectively true, but because believing in it enables us to cooperate effectively and forge a better society. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
First, you never admit that the order is imagined. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words First, you never admit that the order is imagined. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Even if by some superhuman effort I succeed in freeing my personal desires from the grip of the imagined order, I am just one person. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words Even if by some superhuman effort I succeed in freeing my personal desires from the grip of the imagined order, I am just one person. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
These two inventions filled the gaps left by our biological inheritance. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words These two inventions filled the gaps left by our biological inheritance. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The crucial historical role of religion has been to give superhuman legitimacy to these fragile structures. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words The crucial historical role of religion has been to give superhuman legitimacy to these fragile structures. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
These creeds do not like to be called religions, and refer to themselves as ideologies. But this is just a semantic exercise. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words These creeds do not like to be called religions, and refer to themselves as ideologies. But this is just a semantic exercise. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Religion is a system of human norms and values that is founded on belief in a superhuman order. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words Religion is a system of human norms and values that is founded on belief in a superhuman order. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Theist religions sanctify the gods. Humanist religions sanctify humanity, or more correctly, Homo sapiens. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words Theist religions sanctify the gods. Humanist religions sanctify humanity, or more correctly, Homo sapiens. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The idea that all humans are equal is a revamped version of the monotheist conviction that all souls are equal before God. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words The idea that all humans are equal is a revamped version of the monotheist conviction that all souls are equal before God. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Intersubjective entities depend on communication among many humans rather than on the beliefs and feelings of individual humans. Many of the most important agents in history are inter-subjective. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Intersubjective entities depend on communication among many humans rather than on the beliefs and feelings of individual humans. Many of the most important agents in history are inter-subjective. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
This web allows humans alone to organise crusades, socialist revolutions and human rights movements. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words This web allows humans alone to organise crusades, socialist revolutions and human rights movements. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
During the last 70,000 years the intersubjective realities that Sapiens invented became ever more powerful, so that today they dominate the world. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words During the last 70,000 years the intersubjective realities that Sapiens invented became ever more powerful, so that today they dominate the world. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
To think historically means to ascribe real power to the contents of our imaginary stories. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words To think historically means to ascribe real power to the contents of our imaginary stories. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Humankind is facing unprecedented revolutions, all our old stories are crumbling, and no new story has so far emerged to replace them. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Humankind is facing unprecedented revolutions, all our old stories are crumbling, and no new story has so far emerged to replace them. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Humankind is losing faith in the liberal story that dominated global politics in recent decades, exactly when the merger of biotech and infotech confronts us with the biggest challenges humankind has ever encountered. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Humankind is losing faith in the liberal story that dominated global politics in recent decades, exactly when the merger of biotech and infotech confronts us with the biggest challenges humankind has ever encountered. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers or equations, and the simpler the story, the better. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers or equations, and the simpler the story, the better. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Yet in order to construct a viable identity for myself and give meaning to my life, I don't really need a complete story devoid of blind spots and internal contradictions. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Yet in order to construct a viable identity for myself and give meaning to my life, I don't really need a complete story devoid of blind spots and internal contradictions. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
A story can be pure fiction, and yet provide me with an identity and make me feel that my life has meaning. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words A story can be pure fiction, and yet provide me with an identity and make me feel that my life has meaning. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Nobody is just a Muslim, or just an Italian, or just a capitalist. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Nobody is just a Muslim, or just an Italian, or just a capitalist. Show less
Mental model Emergence
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Like 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 · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Like DNA, stories can create new entities. Indeed, stories can even create an entirely new level of reality. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
In history, power stems only partially from knowing the truth. It also stems from the ability to maintain social order among a large number of people. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words In history, power stems only partially from knowing the truth. It also stems from the ability to maintain social order among a large number of people. Show less
Progress has made humans far more powerful but not happier: wheat domesticated the farmers, and modernity traded meaning for power
Our label. 9 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us. Show less
Mental model Second-order thinking
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The pursuit of an easier life resulted in much hardship, and not for the last time. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words The pursuit of an easier life resulted in much hardship, and not for the last time. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But the Agricultural Revolution didn't need every band in a given region to join up. It only took one. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words But the Agricultural Revolution didn't need every band in a given region to join up. It only took one. Show less
Mental model Second-order thinking
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Feb 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
During the agricultural revolution, what happened is that immense technological and economic revolution empowered the human collective, but when you look at actual individual lives, the life of a tiny elite became much better, and the lives of the majority of people became considerably worse. ↗ Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari (TED Dialogues) youtube.com · 21 Feb 2017 · 0:15:38 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words During the agricultural revolution, what happened is that immense technological and economic revolution empowered the human collective, but when you look at actual individual lives, the life of a tiny elite became much better, and the lives of the majority of people became considerably worse. Show less
Mental model Second-order thinking
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
People thought they were building paradise for humans. Turned out they were building paradise for germs. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 1:16:18 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words People thought they were building paradise for humans. Turned out they were building paradise for germs. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We are thousands of times more powerful as a species and as individuals than we were in the Stone Age. We are not thousands of times happier. We just don't really know how to translate power into happiness. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! youtube.com · 11 Jan 2024 · 0:53:08 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words We are thousands of times more powerful as a species and as individuals than we were in the Stone Age. We are not thousands of times happier. We just don't really know how to translate power into happiness. Show less
Mental model S-curves and diminishing returns
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
When things improve, expectations balloon, and consequently even dramatic improvements in objective conditions can leave us dissatisfied. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words When things improve, expectations balloon, and consequently even dramatic improvements in objective conditions can leave us dissatisfied. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
If happiness is based on feeling that life is meaningful, then in order to be happier we need to delude ourselves more effectively. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words If happiness is based on feeling that life is meaningful, then in order to be happier we need to delude ourselves more effectively. Show less
Mental model Trade-offs
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
In exchange for power, the modern deal expects us to give up meaning. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words In exchange for power, the modern deal expects us to give up meaning. Show less
Humans are hackable animals: biology, computing power and data together can read and steer our feelings
Our label. 25 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Yuval Noah Harari
23 Jan 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
B times C times D equals R which means biological knowledge multiplied by computing power multiplied by data equals the ability to hack humans ↗ How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020 youtube.com · 23 Jan 2020 · 10:30 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words B times C times D equals R which means biological knowledge multiplied by computing power multiplied by data equals the ability to hack humans Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
23 Jan 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
we humans should get used to the idea we are no longer mysterious Souls we are now packable animals ↗ How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020 youtube.com · 23 Jan 2020 · 12:03 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words we humans should get used to the idea we are no longer mysterious Souls we are now packable animals Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 Feb 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
the most important decisions about our bodies during our lifetime will not to be taken by our feelings. They will be taken by external algorithms, algorithms that understand our own internal systems and that have statistics about millions upon millions of other humans ↗ New Religions of the 21st Century | Yuval Harari | Talks at Google youtube.com · 8 Feb 2015 · 0:48:28 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words the most important decisions about our bodies during our lifetime will not to be taken by our feelings. They will be taken by external algorithms, algorithms that understand our own internal systems and that have statistics about millions upon millions of other humans Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 Feb 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
What we call emotions, sensations, feelings, are simply biochemical algorithms that take all that information, all the huge amounts of information from outside and inside, and within a split second reach a certain decision, a certain probability. ↗ New Religions of the 21st Century | Yuval Harari | Talks at Google youtube.com · 8 Feb 2015 · 0:42:22 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words What we call emotions, sensations, feelings, are simply biochemical algorithms that take all that information, all the huge amounts of information from outside and inside, and within a split second reach a certain decision, a certain probability. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 Jun 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Democracy will find it difficult to survive such a development because, in the end, democracy is not based on human rationality; it's based on human feelings. ↗ Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it | Yuval Noah Harari (TED) youtube.com · 8 Jun 2018 · 10:55 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Democracy will find it difficult to survive such a development because, in the end, democracy is not based on human rationality; it's based on human feelings. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
30 Aug 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But 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 · 30 Aug 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words But 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. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
23 Jan 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
the real line in the sand is when biometric sensors become ubiquitous and it's happening and the data starts coming from within the body ↗ How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020 youtube.com · 23 Jan 2020 · 40:08 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words the real line in the sand is when biometric sensors become ubiquitous and it's happening and the data starts coming from within the body Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
27 Apr 2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But now the same tools that can be used to sell me something I don't really need, can now be used to sell me a politician I really don't need. Or an ideology that I really don't need. It's the same tool. ↗ Mark Zuckerberg & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation youtube.com · 27 Apr 2019 · 1:07:46 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words But now the same tools that can be used to sell me something I don't really need, can now be used to sell me a politician I really don't need. Or an ideology that I really don't need. It's the same tool. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
27 Apr 2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
If you have agents inside their brain, you don't need the external secret police. ↗ Mark Zuckerberg & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation youtube.com · 27 Apr 2019 · 1:26:27 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words If you have agents inside their brain, you don't need the external secret police. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
27 Apr 2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The 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 Conversation youtube.com · 27 Apr 2019 · 1:20:25 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The 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. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
14 Sept 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
It is particularly important to get to know your weaknesses. They are the main tools of those who try to hack you. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 14 Sept 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words It is particularly important to get to know your weaknesses. They are the main tools of those who try to hack you. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
14 Sept 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But now the belief in “free will” suddenly becomes dangerous. If governments and corporations succeed in hacking the human animal, the easiest people to manipulate will be those who believe in free will. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 14 Sept 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words But now the belief in “free will” suddenly becomes dangerous. If governments and corporations succeed in hacking the human animal, the easiest people to manipulate will be those who believe in free will. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
14 Sept 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Unfortunately, “free will” isn’t a scientific reality. It is a myth inherited from Christian theology. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 14 Sept 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words Unfortunately, “free will” isn’t a scientific reality. It is a myth inherited from Christian theology. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Now, with regard to the discussion of free will, my position is you cannot start with the assumption that humans have free will. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! youtube.com · 11 Jan 2024 · 0:39:04 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Now, with regard to the discussion of free will, my position is you cannot start with the assumption that humans have free will. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Unlike the everlasting soul, the mind has many parts, it constantly changes, and there is no reason to think it is eternal. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Unlike the everlasting soul, the mind has many parts, it constantly changes, and there is no reason to think it is eternal. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The soul is a story that some people accept while others reject. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words The soul is a story that some people accept while others reject. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The single authentic self is as real as the eternal soul, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words The single authentic self is as real as the eternal soul, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Humans aren't individuals. They are 'dividuals'. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Humans aren't individuals. They are 'dividuals'. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Liberalism sanctifies the narrating self, and allows it to vote in the polling stations, in the supermarket and in the marriage market. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Liberalism sanctifies the narrating self, and allows it to vote in the polling stations, in the supermarket and in the marriage market. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
If you are horrified by this direction, don't blame the computer geeks. The responsibility actually lies with the biologists. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words If you are horrified by this direction, don't blame the computer geeks. The responsibility actually lies with the biologists. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But you should know that this is current scientific dogma, and it is changing our world beyond recognition. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words But you should know that this is current scientific dogma, and it is changing our world beyond recognition. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
And once these algorithms know you better than you know yourself, they could control and manipulate you, and you won't be able to do much about it. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words And once these algorithms know you better than you know yourself, they could control and manipulate you, and you won't be able to do much about it. Show less
Mental model Cognitive biases
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Observing 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 · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Observing 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. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Most 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 · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Most people don't know themselves very well. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We will increasingly rely on algorithms to make decisions for us, but it is unlikely that the algorithms will start to consciously manipulate us. They won't have any consciousness. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words We will increasingly rely on algorithms to make decisions for us, but it is unlikely that the algorithms will start to consciously manipulate us. They won't have any consciousness. Show less
AI is an alien agent, not a tool, and an arms race to build it is the defining danger of the century
Our label. 23 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Yuval Noah Harari
10 Sept 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
I 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 Show youtube.com · 10 Sept 2024 · 6:09 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words I 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. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Dec 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
the acronym AI traditionally stood for artificial intelligence, but I think it's more accurate to think about it as an acronym for alien intelligence because artificial, it gives the impression that this is an artifact that we create and control ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: Why advanced societies fall for mass delusion | Big Think youtube.com · 11 Dec 2025 · 8:48 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words the acronym AI traditionally stood for artificial intelligence, but I think it's more accurate to think about it as an acronym for alien intelligence because artificial, it gives the impression that this is an artifact that we create and control Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
this is the first time that we are basically about to enter a non-human culture. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 0:40:33 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words this is the first time that we are basically about to enter a non-human culture. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
It's not like that at a certain point when the airplane flies fast enough, suddenly the feathers will appear. No. And it could be the same with intelligence and consciousness, that it will be more and more intelligent without feelings ever appearing. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 0:45:59 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words It's not like that at a certain point when the airplane flies fast enough, suddenly the feathers will appear. No. And it could be the same with intelligence and consciousness, that it will be more and more intelligent without feelings ever appearing. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
So we need to separate the issue of consciousness from agency. You can have agency without consciousness. ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:15:37 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words So we need to separate the issue of consciousness from agency. You can have agency without consciousness. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
30 Aug 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But there is no particular reason to believe that AI will develop consciousness as it becomes more intelligent. We should instead fear AI because it will probably always obey its human masters, and never rebel. ↗ Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic) theatlantic.com · 30 Aug 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words But there is no particular reason to believe that AI will develop consciousness as it becomes more intelligent. We should instead fear AI because it will probably always obey its human masters, and never rebel. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
23 Jan 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
if we allow such an arms race to develop in fields like AI and bioengineering it doesn't really matter who wins the arms race the loser will be humanity ↗ How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020 youtube.com · 23 Jan 2020 · 20:44 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words if we allow such an arms race to develop in fields like AI and bioengineering it doesn't really matter who wins the arms race the loser will be humanity Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
So making AI safe is a bit like making a nuclear reactor safe. taking into account the fact that the nuclear reactor can decide to change in ways that you can't anticipate. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! youtube.com · 11 Jan 2024 · 0:34:15 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words So making AI safe is a bit like making a nuclear reactor safe. taking into account the fact that the nuclear reactor can decide to change in ways that you can't anticipate. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
If a pharmaceutical company told us we invest just 1% of our research and time and money in making sure the medicine is safe, We would not accept that. ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:59:20 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words If a pharmaceutical company told us we invest just 1% of our research and time and money in making sure the medicine is safe, We would not accept that. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
If we continue with the present accelerating pace of the AI race, yes, this will be the result. In 10 years, the AIs will take over. But this is not inevitable. ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:01:55 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words If we continue with the present accelerating pace of the AI race, yes, this will be the result. In 10 years, the AIs will take over. But this is not inevitable. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The narrative of inevitability is a narrative of having no responsibility. ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:32:17 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The narrative of inevitability is a narrative of having no responsibility. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
If you can't trust the other humans that you have known for thousands of years, why do you think you can trust a super intelligent alien entity that we just created and we basically know nothing about how it behaves when it's out in the open? ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 1:00:31 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words If you can't trust the other humans that you have known for thousands of years, why do you think you can trust a super intelligent alien entity that we just created and we basically know nothing about how it behaves when it's out in the open? Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
And it'll be a much more extreme type of imperialism than anything we have seen before. If you buy, say, AI drones from the USA and you want to use them, in a way that the USA doesn't like for some reason, there is a button that they press and your army doesn't function. ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:40:10 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words And it'll be a much more extreme type of imperialism than anything we have seen before. If you buy, say, AI drones from the USA and you want to use them, in a way that the USA doesn't like for some reason, there is a button that they press and your army doesn't function. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But the biggest and most dangerous wave of immigration today in the world is a wave of AI immigrants coming from 2 places, mainly the USA and China. ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:38:07 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words But the biggest and most dangerous wave of immigration today in the world is a wave of AI immigrants coming from 2 places, mainly the USA and China. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Dec 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
A curious fact is that at least in the United States, there is already a legal path open for AIs to become legal persons ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: Why advanced societies fall for mass delusion | Big Think youtube.com · 11 Dec 2025 · 25:54 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words A curious fact is that at least in the United States, there is already a legal path open for AIs to become legal persons Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But with an AI CEO, I mean, how do you send an AI CEO to prison? ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:25:00 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words But with an AI CEO, I mean, how do you send an AI CEO to prison? Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Until today high intelligence always went hand in hand with a developed consciousness. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Until today high intelligence always went hand in hand with a developed consciousness. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Because the AI arms race will produce ever more destructive weapons, even a small spark might ignite a cataclysmic conflagration. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Because the AI arms race will produce ever more destructive weapons, even a small spark might ignite a cataclysmic conflagration. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But we may gradually be pushed to the sidelines, and ultimately it might even be possible for the network to operate without us. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words But we may gradually be pushed to the sidelines, and ultimately it might even be possible for the network to operate without us. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The danger this poses is very different from that imagined by most science fiction, which has largely focused on the physical threats posed by intelligent machines. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words The danger this poses is very different from that imagined by most science fiction, which has largely focused on the physical threats posed by intelligent machines. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
One reason why the alignment problem is particularly dangerous in the context of the computer network is that this network is likely to become far more powerful than any previous human bureaucracy. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words One reason why the alignment problem is particularly dangerous in the context of the computer network is that this network is likely to become far more powerful than any previous human bureaucracy. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The alignment problem turns out to be, at heart, a problem of mythology. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words The alignment problem turns out to be, at heart, a problem of mythology. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
As each regime chooses its own answer to the AI alignment problem, to the dictator's dilemma, and to other technological quandaries, each might create a separate and very different computer network. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words As each regime chooses its own answer to the AI alignment problem, to the dictator's dilemma, and to other technological quandaries, each might create a separate and very different computer network. Show less
Democracies survive on self-correcting institutions, transfers of power and trust between strangers
Our label. 27 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Dec 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
And in good institutions, they are characterized by having strong self-correcting mechanisms. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: Why advanced societies fall for mass delusion | Big Think youtube.com · 11 Dec 2025 · 29:29 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words And in good institutions, they are characterized by having strong self-correcting mechanisms. Show less
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Dec 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The Bible, the 10 Commandments for instance, endorses slavery. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: Why advanced societies fall for mass delusion | Big Think youtube.com · 11 Dec 2025 · 32:12 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The Bible, the 10 Commandments for instance, endorses slavery. Show less
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
14 Sept 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Liberalism’s great advantage over other ideologies is that it is flexible and undogmatic. It can sustain criticism better than any other social order. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 14 Sept 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words Liberalism’s great advantage over other ideologies is that it is flexible and undogmatic. It can sustain criticism better than any other social order. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
14 Sept 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We should defend liberal democracy, not only because it has proved to be a more benign form of government than any of its alternatives, but also because it places the fewest limitations on debating the future of humanity. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: the myth of freedom (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 14 Sept 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words We should defend liberal democracy, not only because it has proved to be a more benign form of government than any of its alternatives, but also because it places the fewest limitations on debating the future of humanity. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
5 Sept 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
So democracy, it's not like you have democracy and on the side you have these information technologies. No, the basis of democracy is information technology. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: They Are Lying About AI! The Trump Kamala Election Will Tear The Country Apart! youtube.com · 5 Sept 2024 · 0:13:07 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words So democracy, it's not like you have democracy and on the side you have these information technologies. No, the basis of democracy is information technology. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
5 Sept 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
It works if you think that the other side is wrong, but they are still essentially good people who care about the country, who care about me, but they have different opinions. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: They Are Lying About AI! The Trump Kamala Election Will Tear The Country Apart! youtube.com · 5 Sept 2024 · 0:43:01 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words It works if you think that the other side is wrong, but they are still essentially good people who care about the country, who care about me, but they have different opinions. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
7 Mar 2023 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But polls don’t stop dictatorships. History teaches us that the last and most important line of defence in every democracy is you, the citizens. ↗ My message to Benjamin Netanyahu: stop your coup or we’ll stop the country (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 7 Mar 2023 All korrents from this piece
Their words But polls don’t stop dictatorships. History teaches us that the last and most important line of defence in every democracy is you, the citizens. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
7 Mar 2023 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Democracy is a deal, according to which citizens must respect the government’s decisions, on the condition that the government respects the basic liberties of the citizens. When one side breaks the deal, the other side doesn’t have to go on fulfilling its part. When a government tries to establish a dictatorship, citizens are allowed to resist. ↗ My message to Benjamin Netanyahu: stop your coup or we’ll stop the country (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 7 Mar 2023 All korrents from this piece
Their words Democracy is a deal, according to which citizens must respect the government’s decisions, on the condition that the government respects the basic liberties of the citizens. When one side breaks the deal, the other side doesn’t have to go on fulfilling its part. When a government tries to establish a dictatorship, citizens are allowed to resist. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
7 Mar 2023 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
History is full of dictatorships established by people who first came to power through legal means. It’s the oldest trick in the book: first you use the law to gain power, then you use your power to distort the law. ↗ My message to Benjamin Netanyahu: stop your coup or we’ll stop the country (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 7 Mar 2023 All korrents from this piece
Their words History is full of dictatorships established by people who first came to power through legal means. It’s the oldest trick in the book: first you use the law to gain power, then you use your power to distort the law. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
5 Sept 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
the most sensitive moment in every democracy is the moment of transfer of power. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: They Are Lying About AI! The Trump Kamala Election Will Tear The Country Apart! youtube.com · 5 Sept 2024 · 0:48:49 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words the most sensitive moment in every democracy is the moment of transfer of power. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The key is institutions. Because you can't build a personal intimate relationship with millions of people. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 1:20:34 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The key is institutions. Because you can't build a personal intimate relationship with millions of people. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We've made immense progress in building human trust. And we are rushing to throw it all away because it just, again, it takes time. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 1:19:52 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words We've made immense progress in building human trust. And we are rushing to throw it all away because it just, again, it takes time. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
I mean, the most important asset in the world is trust. It's more important than oil or money or electricity or chips or anything else, trust. ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:07:58 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words I mean, the most important asset in the world is trust. It's more important than oil or money or electricity or chips or anything else, trust. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
So people who attack institutions, they often think, oh, we are liberating the people from these authoritarian institutions. They are actually paving the way for a dictatorship. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 1:21:47 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words So people who attack institutions, they often think, oh, we are liberating the people from these authoritarian institutions. They are actually paving the way for a dictatorship. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The sewage system is the deep state. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 1:23:22 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The sewage system is the deep state. Show less
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The 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 · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words The holy book is supposed to be infallible. The self-correcting mechanism embraces fallibility. Show less
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Science is a team effort, relying on institutional collaboration rather than on individual scientists or, say, a single infallible book. Of course, institutions too are prone to error. Scientific institutions are nevertheless different from religious institutions, inasmuch as they reward skepticism and innovation rather than conformity. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Science is a team effort, relying on institutional collaboration rather than on individual scientists or, say, a single infallible book. Of course, institutions too are prone to error. Scientific institutions are nevertheless different from religious institutions, inasmuch as they reward skepticism and innovation rather than conformity. Show less
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Self-correcting mechanisms are ubiquitous in nature. Children learn how to walk thanks to them. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Self-correcting mechanisms are ubiquitous in nature. Children learn how to walk thanks to them. Show less
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Crucially, 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 · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Crucially, scientific institutions are willing to admit their institutional responsibility for major mistakes and crimes. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Elections are a central part of the democratic tool kit, but they are not democracy. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Elections are a central part of the democratic tool kit, but they are not democracy. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Unlike parliaments, departments of environmental studies should not reflect the will of the majority. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Unlike parliaments, departments of environmental studies should not reflect the will of the majority. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Holding a conversation presupposes the existence of several legitimate voices. If, however, the people has only one legitimate voice, there can be no conversation. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Holding a conversation presupposes the existence of several legitimate voices. If, however, the people has only one legitimate voice, there can be no conversation. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Democracy and dictatorship aren't binary opposites, but rather are on a continuum. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Democracy and dictatorship aren't binary opposites, but rather are on a continuum. Show less
Mental model Trade-offs
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The biggest advantage of the centralized totalitarian network is that it is extremely orderly, which means it can make decisions quickly and enforce them ruthlessly. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words The biggest advantage of the centralized totalitarian network is that it is extremely orderly, which means it can make decisions quickly and enforce them ruthlessly. Show less
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
These self-correcting mechanisms are costly, but if you want to get the truth, you must invest in them. Silicon Valley thought it was exempt from this historical rule. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words These self-correcting mechanisms are costly, but if you want to get the truth, you must invest in them. Silicon Valley thought it was exempt from this historical rule. Show less
Mental model Error correction
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
To guard against a plethora of unforeseeable problems, our best bet is to create living institutions that can identify and respond to the threats as they arise. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words To guard against a plethora of unforeseeable problems, our best bet is to create living institutions that can identify and respond to the threats as they arise. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
A democratic society should never allow all its information to be concentrated in one place, no matter whether that hub is the government or a private corporation. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words A democratic society should never allow all its information to be concentrated in one place, no matter whether that hub is the government or a private corporation. Show less
Whoever controls data controls power, and AI could hand dictatorships or algorithms total surveillance
Our label. 14 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Yuval Noah Harari
30 Aug 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
In the 21st century, data will eclipse both land and machinery as the most important asset, so politics will be a struggle to control data’s flow. ↗ Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic) theatlantic.com · 30 Aug 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words In the 21st century, data will eclipse both land and machinery as the most important asset, so politics will be a struggle to control data’s flow. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 Jun 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
if it's a corporation and it really controls the data, this is our real government. So the difference is more apparent than real. ↗ Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it | Yuval Noah Harari (TED) youtube.com · 8 Jun 2018 · 15:09 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words if it's a corporation and it really controls the data, this is our real government. So the difference is more apparent than real. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
30 Aug 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The main handicap of authoritarian regimes in the 20th century—the desire to concentrate all information and power in one place—may become their decisive advantage in the 21st century. ↗ Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic) theatlantic.com · 30 Aug 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words The main handicap of authoritarian regimes in the 20th century—the desire to concentrate all information and power in one place—may become their decisive advantage in the 21st century. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
30 Aug 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We tend to think about the conflict between democracy and dictatorship as a conflict between two different ethical systems, but it is actually a conflict between two different data-processing systems. ↗ Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic) theatlantic.com · 30 Aug 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words We tend to think about the conflict between democracy and dictatorship as a conflict between two different ethical systems, but it is actually a conflict between two different data-processing systems. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
22 Jun 2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The combination of revolutionary technologies with conservative ideologies could well lead to the creation of the most totalitarian regimes in history. ↗ 50 years after Stonewall: Yuval Noah Harari on the new threats to LGBT rights (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 22 Jun 2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words The combination of revolutionary technologies with conservative ideologies could well lead to the creation of the most totalitarian regimes in history. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Now, for the first time in history, it is technically possible to annihilate privacy. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 0:54:32 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Now, for the first time in history, it is technically possible to annihilate privacy. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
23 Jan 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
when you have enough data you don't need to send soldiers in order to control a country ↗ How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020 youtube.com · 23 Jan 2020 · 9:59 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words when you have enough data you don't need to send soldiers in order to control a country Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
23 Jan 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
the higher you are in the hierarchy the more closely you will be watched ↗ How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020 youtube.com · 23 Jan 2020 · 13:40 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words the higher you are in the hierarchy the more closely you will be watched Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
3 Jan 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Dictatorships are far more vulnerable than democracies to such algorithmic takeover. It would be difficult for even a super-Machiavellian AI to amass power in a decentralized democratic system like the United States. ↗ Dictatorships Will Be Vulnerable to Algorithms (Wired) wired.com · 3 Jan 2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Dictatorships are far more vulnerable than democracies to such algorithmic takeover. It would be difficult for even a super-Machiavellian AI to amass power in a decentralized democratic system like the United States. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
3 Jan 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Dictatorial control is founded on terror, but algorithms cannot be terrorized. ↗ Dictatorships Will Be Vulnerable to Algorithms (Wired) wired.com · 3 Jan 2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Dictatorial control is founded on terror, but algorithms cannot be terrorized. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
3 Jan 2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
In the long term, authoritarian regimes are likely to face an even bigger danger: instead of criticizing them, AIs might gain control of them. Throughout history, the biggest threat to autocrats usually came from their own subordinates. ↗ Dictatorships Will Be Vulnerable to Algorithms (Wired) wired.com · 3 Jan 2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words In the long term, authoritarian regimes are likely to face an even bigger danger: instead of criticizing them, AIs might gain control of them. Throughout history, the biggest threat to autocrats usually came from their own subordinates. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
This is daily occurrence today in Tehran and Isfahan and other parts of Iran. And this is based on AI. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 0:56:33 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words This is daily occurrence today in Tehran and Isfahan and other parts of Iran. And this is based on AI. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Digital dictatorships will be as different from Nazi Germany as Nazi Germany was different from ancien régime France. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Digital dictatorships will be as different from Nazi Germany as Nazi Germany was different from ancien régime France. Show less
Mental model Bottlenecks
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Technical difficulties often prevent dictators from becoming totalitarian. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words Technical difficulties often prevent dictators from becoming totalitarian. Show less
Automation could create a useless class, so people will have to reinvent themselves again and again
Our label. 14 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Yuval Noah Harari
24 Jul 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Now, we see the creation of a new massive class of useless people. ↗ Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari | TED youtube.com · 24 Jul 2015 · 15:40 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Now, we see the creation of a new massive class of useless people. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 May 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The crucial problem isn’t creating new jobs. The crucial problem is creating new jobs that humans perform better than algorithms. ↗ The meaning of life in a world without work (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 8 May 2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words The crucial problem isn’t creating new jobs. The crucial problem is creating new jobs that humans perform better than algorithms. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
30 Aug 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Old jobs will disappear and new jobs will emerge, but the new jobs will also rapidly change and vanish. People will need to retrain and reinvent themselves not just once, but many times. ↗ Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic) theatlantic.com · 30 Aug 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words Old jobs will disappear and new jobs will emerge, but the new jobs will also rapidly change and vanish. People will need to retrain and reinvent themselves not just once, but many times. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
30 Aug 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
In the past, machines competed with humans mainly in manual skills. Now they are beginning to compete with us in cognitive skills. And we don’t know of any third kind of skill—beyond the manual and the cognitive—in which humans will always have an edge. ↗ Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic) theatlantic.com · 30 Aug 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words In the past, machines competed with humans mainly in manual skills. Now they are beginning to compete with us in cognitive skills. And we don’t know of any third kind of skill—beyond the manual and the cognitive—in which humans will always have an edge. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
30 Aug 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Perhaps in the 21st century, populist revolts will be staged not against an economic elite that exploits people but against an economic elite that does not need them anymore. This may well be a losing battle. It is much harder to struggle against irrelevance than against exploitation. ↗ Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic) theatlantic.com · 30 Aug 2018 All korrents from this piece
Their words Perhaps in the 21st century, populist revolts will be staged not against an economic elite that exploits people but against an economic elite that does not need them anymore. This may well be a losing battle. It is much harder to struggle against irrelevance than against exploitation. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Feb 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
most 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 · 21 Feb 2017 · 0:14:27 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words most of what we teach children today in school or in college is going to be completely irrelevant to the job market of 2040, 2050. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
if you think about specific skills, then this is the first time in history when we have no idea how the job market or how society would look like in 20 years. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! youtube.com · 11 Jan 2024 · 1:12:23 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words if you think about specific skills, then this is the first time in history when we have no idea how the job market or how society would look like in 20 years. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
AI is extremely good at automating jobs that only require cognitive skills, but they are not good at jobs that require motor skills and social skills. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! youtube.com · 11 Jan 2024 · 1:08:53 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words AI is extremely good at automating jobs that only require cognitive skills, but they are not good at jobs that require motor skills and social skills. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Oct 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
So 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 Google youtube.com · 11 Oct 2018 · 3:08 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words So 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. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 May 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
In any case, the end of work will not necessarily mean the end of meaning, because meaning is generated by imagining rather than by working. ↗ The meaning of life in a world without work (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 8 May 2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words In any case, the end of work will not necessarily mean the end of meaning, because meaning is generated by imagining rather than by working. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
More 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 · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words More broadly, schools should downplay technical skills and emphasise general-purpose life skills. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
To run fast, don't take much luggage with you. Leave all your illusions behind. They are very heavy. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words To run fast, don't take much luggage with you. Leave all your illusions behind. They are very heavy. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
If so, the job market of 2050 might well be characterised by human–AI cooperation rather than competition. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words If so, the job market of 2050 might well be characterised by human–AI cooperation rather than competition. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We would probably need far more effective stress-reduction techniques – ranging from drugs through neuro-feedback to meditation – to prevent the Sapiens mind from snapping. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words We would probably need far more effective stress-reduction techniques – ranging from drugs through neuro-feedback to meditation – to prevent the Sapiens mind from snapping. Show less
Nuclear war, climate change and disruptive technology are global problems that no nation can solve alone
Our label. 16 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Oct 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The three biggest problems that everybody on the planet is now facing are nuclear war, climate change, and technological disruption. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari | 21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Talks at Google youtube.com · 11 Oct 2018 · 38:05 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The three biggest problems that everybody on the planet is now facing are nuclear war, climate change, and technological disruption. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Feb 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
In essence, what you can say is that we now have global ecology, we have a global economy but we have national politics, and this doesn't work together. ↗ Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari (TED Dialogues) youtube.com · 21 Feb 2017 · 0:05:32 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words In essence, what you can say is that we now have global ecology, we have a global economy but we have national politics, and this doesn't work together. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Feb 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
because nationalism has no solution to climate change. If you want to be a nationalist in the 21st century, you have to deny the problem. ↗ Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari (TED Dialogues) youtube.com · 21 Feb 2017 · 0:19:18 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words because nationalism has no solution to climate change. If you want to be a nationalist in the 21st century, you have to deny the problem. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
15 Mar 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
However, while short-term quarantine is essential to stop epidemics, long-term isolationism will lead to economic collapse without offering any real protection against infectious diseases. Just the opposite. The real antidote to epidemic is not segregation, but rather cooperation. ↗ In the Battle Against Coronavirus, Humanity Lacks Leadership (TIME) time.com · 15 Mar 2020 All korrents from this piece
Their words However, while short-term quarantine is essential to stop epidemics, long-term isolationism will lead to economic collapse without offering any real protection against infectious diseases. Just the opposite. The real antidote to epidemic is not segregation, but rather cooperation. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
15 Mar 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Perhaps the most important thing people should realize about such epidemics, is that the spread of the epidemic in any country endangers the entire human species. ↗ In the Battle Against Coronavirus, Humanity Lacks Leadership (TIME) time.com · 15 Mar 2020 All korrents from this piece
Their words Perhaps the most important thing people should realize about such epidemics, is that the spread of the epidemic in any country endangers the entire human species. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
15 Mar 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
To defeat an epidemic, people need to trust scientific experts, citizens need to trust public authorities, and countries need to trust each other. Over the last few years, irresponsible politicians have deliberately undermined trust in science, in public authorities and in international cooperation. ↗ In the Battle Against Coronavirus, Humanity Lacks Leadership (TIME) time.com · 15 Mar 2020 All korrents from this piece
Their words To defeat an epidemic, people need to trust scientific experts, citizens need to trust public authorities, and countries need to trust each other. Over the last few years, irresponsible politicians have deliberately undermined trust in science, in public authorities and in international cooperation. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
23 Jan 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
the global order is now like a house that everybody inhabits and nobody repairs it can hold on for a few more years but if we continue like this it will collapse ↗ How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020 youtube.com · 23 Jan 2020 · 26:52 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words the global order is now like a house that everybody inhabits and nobody repairs it can hold on for a few more years but if we continue like this it will collapse Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Now, the main problem with this vision is that fortresses are almost never friendly. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! youtube.com · 11 Jan 2024 · 1:21:39 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Now, the main problem with this vision is that fortresses are almost never friendly. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Jan 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
When we talk about global cooperation, we definitely don't have in mind, at least not anybody that I know, a global government. This is an impossible and very dangerous idea. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari: An Urgent Warning They Hope You Ignore. More War Is Coming! youtube.com · 11 Jan 2024 · 1:20:39 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words When we talk about global cooperation, we definitely don't have in mind, at least not anybody that I know, a global government. This is an impossible and very dangerous idea. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
8 Jun 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The milder forms of nationalism have been among the most benevolent of human creations. ↗ Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it | Yuval Noah Harari (TED) youtube.com · 8 Jun 2018 · 1:05 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The milder forms of nationalism have been among the most benevolent of human creations. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
23 Jan 2020 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
there is no contradiction between nationalism and globalism because nationalism isn't about hating foreigners nationalism is about loving your compatriots ↗ How to Survive the 21st Century | DAVOS 2020 youtube.com · 23 Jan 2020 · 21:30 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words there is no contradiction between nationalism and globalism because nationalism isn't about hating foreigners nationalism is about loving your compatriots Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
18 Jan 2022 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The crucial news is that the price tag of preventing the apocalypse is in the low single digits of annual global GDP. It is certainly not 50% of annual global GDP, nor is it 15%. Rather, it is somewhere below 5%, perhaps as low as investing an additional 2% of global GDP in the right places. ↗ The Surprisingly Low Price Tag on Preventing Climate Disaster (TIME) time.com · 18 Jan 2022 All korrents from this piece
Their words The crucial news is that the price tag of preventing the apocalypse is in the low single digits of annual global GDP. It is certainly not 50% of annual global GDP, nor is it 15%. Rather, it is somewhere below 5%, perhaps as low as investing an additional 2% of global GDP in the right places. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
18 Jan 2022 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Despair is as dangerous as denial. And it is equally false. ↗ The Surprisingly Low Price Tag on Preventing Climate Disaster (TIME) time.com · 18 Jan 2022 All korrents from this piece
Their words Despair is as dangerous as denial. And it is equally false. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Feb 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
the old 20th-century political model of left versus right is now largely irrelevant, and the real divide today is between global and national, global or local. ↗ Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari (TED Dialogues) youtube.com · 21 Feb 2017 · 0:05:05 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words the old 20th-century political model of left versus right is now largely irrelevant, and the real divide today is between global and national, global or local. Show less
Mental model Collective action problems
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The merger of infotech and biotech threatens the core modern values of liberty and equality. Any solution to the technological challenge has to involve global cooperation. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words The merger of infotech and biotech threatens the core modern values of liberty and equality. Any solution to the technological challenge has to involve global cooperation. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2024–2025 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
We are on the verge of ecological collapse, caused by the misuse of our own power. ↗ Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition) books.google.com · c. 2024–2025 All korrents from this piece
Their words We are on the verge of ecological collapse, caused by the misuse of our own power. Show less
Suffering is the test of what is real; the work is to know your own mind and reduce the suffering of every sentient being
Our label. 22 claims in Yuval Noah Harari's own words.
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Feb 2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The simplest one, the best one that I can say in short, is the test of suffering. If it can suffer, it's real. If it can't suffer, it's not real. A nation cannot suffer. ↗ Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari (TED Dialogues) youtube.com · 21 Feb 2017 · 0:42:35 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words The simplest one, the best one that I can say in short, is the test of suffering. If it can suffer, it's real. If it can't suffer, it's not real. A nation cannot suffer. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
26 Aug 2026 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Entities that cannot suffer, no matter how intelligent they are, they are not moral subjects. ↗ The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economist youtube.com · 26 Aug 2026 · 0:19:49 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words Entities that cannot suffer, no matter how intelligent they are, they are not moral subjects. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
25 Sept 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Yet this same knowledge has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that farm animals are sentient beings, with intricate social relations and sophisticated psychological patterns. ↗ Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 25 Sept 2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words Yet this same knowledge has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that farm animals are sentient beings, with intricate social relations and sophisticated psychological patterns. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
25 Sept 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Animals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in history. ↗ Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 25 Sept 2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words Animals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in history. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
25 Sept 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
In consequence, domesticated animals are collectively the most successful animals in the world, and at the same time they are individually the most miserable animals that have ever existed. ↗ Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 25 Sept 2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words In consequence, domesticated animals are collectively the most successful animals in the world, and at the same time they are individually the most miserable animals that have ever existed. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
25 Sept 2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
When we come to design this brave new world, we should take into account the welfare of all sentient beings, and not just of Homo sapiens. ↗ Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history (The Guardian) theguardian.com · 25 Sept 2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words When we come to design this brave new world, we should take into account the welfare of all sentient beings, and not just of Homo sapiens. Show less
Mental model The map is not the territory
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Oct 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
And the other thing is that at least the meditation that I practice, which is with passive meditation, it's all about really knowing the difference between the fictions and stories generated by our mind and the reality. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari | 21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Talks at Google youtube.com · 11 Oct 2018 · 49:03 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words And the other thing is that at least the meditation that I practice, which is with passive meditation, it's all about really knowing the difference between the fictions and stories generated by our mind and the reality. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Oct 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
And again, it goes back also to the question about getting to know yourself, which I think is the key to developing compassion. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari | 21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Talks at Google youtube.com · 11 Oct 2018 · 44:58 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words And again, it goes back also to the question about getting to know yourself, which I think is the key to developing compassion. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
And 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 Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 1:30:35 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words And I realized first that I know almost nothing about my mind. I have no control of my mind. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
28 Oct 2024 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
There are many people that I wouldn't recommend to meditate 2 hours a day or to go for a 10-day meditation retreat because they are different. ↗ Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com · 28 Oct 2024 · 1:32:56 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words There are many people that I wouldn't recommend to meditate 2 hours a day or to go for a 10-day meditation retreat because they are different. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
11 Oct 2018 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
I tend to separate religions from spirituality. Spirituality is about questions. Religion is about answers. ↗ Yuval Noah Harari | 21 Lessons for the 21st Century | Talks at Google youtube.com · 11 Oct 2018 · 21:39 into the video All korrents from this video
Their words I tend to separate religions from spirituality. Spirituality is about questions. Religion is about answers. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Buddhism has assigned the question of happiness more importance than perhaps any other human creed. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words Buddhism has assigned the question of happiness more importance than perhaps any other human creed. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
New kinds of economic relations emerged together with new kinds of religious beliefs that justified the brutal exploitation of animals. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words New kinds of economic relations emerged together with new kinds of religious beliefs that justified the brutal exploitation of animals. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
During the Agricultural Revolution humankind silenced animals and plants, and turned the animist grand opera into a dialogue between man and gods. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words During the Agricultural Revolution humankind silenced animals and plants, and turned the animist grand opera into a dialogue between man and gods. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Industrial farming sanctifies human needs, whims and wishes, while disregarding everything else. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Industrial farming sanctifies human needs, whims and wishes, while disregarding everything else. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Of all rituals, sacrifice is the most potent, because, of all the things in the world, suffering is the most real. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Of all rituals, sacrifice is the most potent, because, of all the things in the world, suffering is the most real. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Just as in ancient times, so also in the twenty-first century, the human quest for meaning all too often ends with a succession of sacrifices. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Just as in ancient times, so also in the twenty-first century, the human quest for meaning all too often ends with a succession of sacrifices. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
When you give up all the fictional stories, you can observe reality with far greater clarity than before, and if you really know the truth about yourself and about the world, nothing can make you miserable. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words When you give up all the fictional stories, you can observe reality with far greater clarity than before, and if you really know the truth about yourself and about the world, nothing can make you miserable. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
It is not an escape from reality. It is getting in touch with reality. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words It is not an escape from reality. It is getting in touch with reality. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The most important thing I realised was that the deepest source of my suffering is in the patterns of my own mind. When I want something and it doesn't happen, my mind reacts by generating suffering. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words The most important thing I realised was that the deepest source of my suffering is in the patterns of my own mind. When I want something and it doesn't happen, my mind reacts by generating suffering. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Suffering is not an objective condition in the outside world. ↗ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Vintage, 2019 edition; first published by Jonathan Cape, 2018) books.google.com · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words Suffering is not an objective condition in the outside world. Show less
Mental model Circle of competence
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2018–2019 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
I 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 · c. 2018–2019 All korrents from this piece
Their words I have had personal experience with only one technique - Vipassana – so it is the only one about which I can talk with any authority. Show less
Humankind will reach next for immortality, bliss and divinity, and the attempt may turn it into something else
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Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2011–2015 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
For these projects are inextricably meshed together with the Gilgamesh Project. ↗ 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 · c. 2011–2015 All korrents from this piece
Their words For these projects are inextricably meshed together with the Gilgamesh Project. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Well, if we need endless projects, why not settle for bliss and immortality, and at least put aside the frightening quest for superhuman powers? Because it is inextricable from the other two. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Well, if we need endless projects, why not settle for bliss and immortality, and at least put aside the frightening quest for superhuman powers? Because it is inextricable from the other two. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
My 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 · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words My prediction is focused on what humankind will try to achieve in the twenty-first century – not what it will succeed in achieving. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Given our past record and our current values, we are likely to reach out for bliss, divinity and immortality – even if it kills us. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Given our past record and our current values, we are likely to reach out for bliss, divinity and immortality – even if it kills us. Show less
Mental model Second-order thinking
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
But once we come nearer to achieving these goals the resulting upheavals are likely to deflect us towards entirely different destinations. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words But once we come nearer to achieving these goals the resulting upheavals are likely to deflect us towards entirely different destinations. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
This forecast isn't very original or far-sighted. It simply reflects the traditional ideals of liberal humanism. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words This forecast isn't very original or far-sighted. It simply reflects the traditional ideals of liberal humanism. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
Yet the rise of humanism also contains the seeds of its downfall. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words Yet the rise of humanism also contains the seeds of its downfall. Show less
Yuval Noah Harari
c. 2015–2017 Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976
The humanist religion worships humanity, and expects humanity to play the part that God played in Christianity and Islam, and that the laws of nature played in Buddhism and Daoism. ↗ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Vintage, 2017 edition; first published in English by Harvill Secker, 2016; Hebrew 2015) books.google.com · c. 2015–2017 All korrents from this piece
Their words The humanist religion worships humanity, and expects humanity to play the part that God played in Christianity and Islam, and that the laws of nature played in Buddhism and Daoism. Show less