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Yuval Noah Harari, born on February 24, 1976, is an Israeli historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He gained international acclaim with his book "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" (2014), which explores the history of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century. more Yuval Noah Harari, born on February 24, 1976, is an Israeli historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He gained international acclaim with his book "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" (2014), which explores the history of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century. Another of his notable works, "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow" (2016), examines future possibilities for humanity. Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" (2018) addresses contemporary global issues. His writing is distinguished by its comprehensive scope and accessible style. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality in the Humanistic Disciplines. less

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"Happiness does not really depend on objective conditions of wealth, health, or even community. Rather, it depends on the correlation between objective conditions and subjective expectations."
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"For the first time in history, more people die today from eating too much than from eating too little."
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"Capitalism has not been a single coherent economic theory. It is instead a loose collection of doctrines and courses of action."
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"One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations."
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"We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us."
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"Homo sapiens is the only species on Earth capable of imagining things that do not really exist."
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"Humans are the only animals that can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers."
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"In the 21st century, the real battle will be between artificial intelligence and our collective intelligence."
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"We study history not to know the future but to widen our horizons, to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor eternal, and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we imagine"
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"The power of humans depends on the power of our stories"
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"Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely"
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"Knowledge that does not change behavior is useless"
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"Ignorance is always preferable to delusion"
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"The most important question in the 21st century is not what do we want to become, but what do we want to want"
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"Morality doesn't mean 'following divine orders'. It means reducing suffering"
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