His new book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, uses historical and current trends to look at where we might we headed as a species. His 2014 New York Times bestselling book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, is published in nearly 40 languages worldwide. This is an edited extract from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, published by Jonathan Cape (£18.99) on 30 August. Yuval Noah Harari holds a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in World History. For the last few years I’ve seen in airport. When traveling through airports I love to browse bookstores, because it gives a sense of what ideas are tickling the public’s ears. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. An Uncompelling Vision of Science, Human Origins, and Human Equality. Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. This event is presented in partnership with Penguin Live.Subscribe on Google Play, Stitcher, or iTunesĬome talk to us on Twitter : this episode:
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Subscribers to our all-access scheme How To Plus (£17.50 a month plus VAT) will receive a free copy of the book when they register for this livestream event. In conversation with award-winning comedian and author Sara Pascoe, this unmissable event will explore Yuval’s latest work and his reflections on the world in 2020. It is an opportunity to hear from the most remarkable polymath of our age.Īll tickets to this livestream event include a copy of Yuval Noah Harari’s new book, Sapiens: A Graphic History – The Birth of Humankind (RRP £18.99). What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Yet today there is only one-homo sapiens. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. In this unique livestream event celebrating the release of his new graphic novel, Sapiens: A Graphic History – The Birth of Humankind, Yuval joins How To Academy and Penguin Live to explore the ways in which biology and history have defined us, to challenge us to reconsider accepted beliefs, to connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and to share the journey of radically adapting his bestselling book into a visual format. And his work extends far beyond telling the story of human history: through the projects of his organisation, Sapienship, Yuval advocates for global responsibility and global collaboration. Millions of readers across the globe have marvelled at the ease with which he explains what it means to be “human”, as he effortlessly synthesises biology, economics, philosophy and other disciplines to provide a unique and singular account of our life on Earth. He counts Bill Gates, Janelle Monae and Barack Obama as fans, and Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Mark Zuckerberg seek his counsel. In the history of ideas there has never been anyone like Yuval Noah Harari. Yuval joins the Armchair Expert again to discuss the positive and negative sides of biometric surveillance and the importance of. “History began when humans invented gods, and will end when humans become gods.” – Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Harari (Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century) is a historian who lectures at the Department of History, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. He shares his insights in conversation with award-winning comedian and author Sara Pascoe. From the dawn of humankind to the deep future, Yuval Noah Harari’s new book Sapiens: a Graphic History tells the story of our species like never before.