Yuval Noah Harari

Historian, Sapiens author

Contemporary influential 155 sayings

Sayings by Yuval Noah Harari

The greatest danger is not climate change, but the inability of humans to cooperate on a global scale.

2018 — Book: '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'
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The greatest danger is not climate change, but the inability of humans to cooperate on a global scale.

2018 — Book: '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

We are becoming data-processing algorithms.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
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We are becoming data-processing algorithms.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
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The most important question for the future is not 'What do we want to become?' but 'What do we want to want?'

2020 — Interview
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The most important question for the future is not 'What do we want to become?' but 'What do we want to want?'

2020 — Interview
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The idea of a stable, authentic self is a modern myth.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
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The idea of a stable, authentic self is a modern myth.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
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The greatest revolution of all is not the technological revolution, but the revolution in how we understand ourselves.

2018 — Interview
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The greatest revolution of all is not the technological revolution, but the revolution in how we understand ourselves.

2018 — Interview
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The meaning of life is not something you discover; it's something you create.

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
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The meaning of life is not something you discover; it's something you create.

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
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The human species is a species that has conquered the world by believing in fictions.

2016 — Lecture
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The human species is a species that has conquered the world by believing in fictions.

2016 — Lecture
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The future will be shaped by algorithms, not by politicians.

2018 — Book: '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'
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The future will be shaped by algorithms, not by politicians.

2018 — Book: '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'
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We are on the verge of creating a new species: Homo deus.

2017 — Interview
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We are on the verge of creating a new species: Homo deus.

2017 — Interview
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Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
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The most common reaction of the human mind to achievement is not satisfaction, but craving for more.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus'
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