Yuval Noah Harari Quotes

Biography: Yuval Noah Harari is known for his bestselling books "Sapiens," "Homo ... more Biography: Yuval Noah Harari is known for his bestselling books "Sapiens," "Homo Deus," and "21 Lessons for the 21st Century." A historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harari's work spans topics from human evolution and the future of humanity to artificial intelligence and the challenges of modern society. less

"Whereas science fiction frequently depicts robots as conquering the world by force, in reality they will probably conquer the world by getting humans to trust them""The contradiction between free will and scientific determinism is just an illusion""Humans have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of life""In the last few decades we have managed to rein in famine, plague, and war""Equality is out—but immortality is in""The most universal and effective binding agent of complex human societies is shared beliefs""The currency of the future will be data""History is the result of a cognitive revolution, not just progression""Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy, we must consume""Sapiens rule the world, because we alone can imagine it""Happiness is not the surplus of pleasant over unpleasant moments""Happiness begins within""You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him bananas after death in monkey heaven""Fiction has enabled us not merely to imagine things, but to do so collectively""People are always far more interested in themselves than in anyone else. Your book will most probably interest them if it helps them see themselves in a new light""We control the world basically because we can cooperate better than any other animal""Fiction isn’t bad. It is vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function""Science is not just about studying the world. It’s about changing it""History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets""If you want power, at some point you will have to convince some humans to trust you"

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