Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari
A slender middle-aged bald man with glasses rests his chin on his hand. He is dressed up.
Harari in 2024
Born (1976-02-24) 24 February 1976 (age 48)
Kiryat Atta, Israel
Known forSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2015)
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018)
Nexus (2024)
SpouseItzik Yahav
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisHistory and I: War and the Relations between History and Personal Identity in Renaissance Military Memoirs, c. 1450–1600 (2002)
Doctoral advisorSteven Gunn
Academic work
DisciplineBig History
Military history
Social philosophy
Technology
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Websitewww.ynharari.com Edit this at Wikidata
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Yuval Noah Harari (Hebrew: יובל נח הררי [juˈval ˈnoaχ haˈʁaʁi]; born 1976)[1] is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual,[2][3][4] and writer. He currently serves as professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018), and Nexus (2024). His published work examines themes of free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness, and suffering.[5][6][7] [8]

Harari writes about a "cognitive revolution" that supposedly occurred roughly 70,000 years ago when Homo sapiens supplanted the rival Neanderthals and other species of the genus Homo, developed language skills and structured societies, and ascended as apex predators, aided by the agricultural revolution and accelerated by the Scientific Revolution, which have allowed humans to approach near mastery over their environment. His books also examine the possible consequences of a futuristic biotechnological world in which intelligent biological organisms are surpassed by their own creations; he has said, "Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so".[9]

Harari's first book, Sapiens, is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class, but his work has been more negatively received in academic circles.

  1. ^ a b www.ynharari.com Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Parker, Ian (10 February 2020). "Yuval Noah Harari's History of Everyone, Ever". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. ^ Anthony, Andrew (5 August 2018). "Yuval Noah Harari: 'The idea of free information is extremely dangerous'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  4. ^ Lawton, Graham (17 August 2018). "Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists". New Scientist. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. ^ Harari, Yuval Noah (2024). "Beware the AI bureaucrats: It's not killer robots we should be worried about, but the automated plumbers of the information network". ft.com. Financial Times. "By experimenting on millions of human guinea pigs, social media algorithms learnt that greed, hate and fear increase user engagement"
  6. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29205225 Meet the author – Yuval Harari video interview] – BBC News
  7. ^ Why fascism is so tempting – and how your data could power it on YouTube
  8. ^ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century: Noah Harari, Matter Of Fact With Stan Grant, ABC News
  9. ^ "Yuval Noah Harari: Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so". The Observer. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.