Yuval Noah Harari

Historian and bestselling author of 'Sapiens', 'Homo Deus', '21 Lessons for the 21st Century', 'Nexus', 'Unstoppable Us' and 'Sapiens: A Graphic History'.

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Social media is designed to maximize one thing: engagement. The thing that drives engagement best is anger and fear – we simply cannot look away. What happens when the very technology that allows us to have large-scale public conversations and allows democracy to flourish turns us against each other?

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Technology has made our lives healthier, easier and more prosperous. But while making our individual lives easier, technology has made our civilization vastly more complex than the earliest societies.

From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business.

Watch the whole conversation: https://t.co/pozCJOvWEp

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In a world where many of our discussions happen online, how can we have a conversation when we can’t tell who is human?

Watch the whole @BigThink interview: https://t.co/8jiIJGF5RE

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Language has been used by us humans to control our world: laws, financial systems, religion. What happens when we have an entity that is better than us at managing these systems?

From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business. Watch the whole conversation: https://t.co/pozCJOvWEp

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Without trust, society could not function. So what happens when we put our trust in machines instead of people?

From the @TheEconomist interview with @zannymb: https://t.co/tVmVSuU3S8

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Imagine AI creating new financial instruments that human intelligence is unable to understand. We will be like horses in a market – a horse can see money being exchanged and new owners taking it home, but it is unable to comprehend what is happening.

From the @nytopinion podcast with @ezraklein. Watch the whole episode: https://t.co/vezfpz5PjP

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The truth is complicated, difficult and not always flattering: but the truth is essential. Without the truth we can never improve ourselves or our societies.

From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business.

Watch the whole conversation: https://t.co/pozCJOvWEp

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. @harari_yuval says voters need to challenge politicians on AI today. In an interview with @zannymb, the author and historian warns that the technology is developing so quickly that voters need to press politicians now before America’s midterm elections in November. Watch the full Insider interview: https://t.co/oB1vGqC2lU

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. @harari_yuval says AI will take over the financial system. The author and historian warned @zannymb that humans may not understand what causes a financial crash in the future. Watch the full Insider interview: https://t.co/TicAFet0IC

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.@harari_yuval says the idea that the AI takeover is “inevitable” is a narrative to avoid responsibility. The author and historian explains Elon Musk’s many AI contradictions in an interview with @zannymb, The Economist’s editor-in-chief. Watch the full interview: https://t.co/31ZNQsEtuC

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.@harari_yuval says AIs will become increasingly manipulative and convincing on why they deserve rights. But the author and historian tells @zannymb that now is the time to resist. Watch the full Insider interview: https://t.co/pU1UtsIngK

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Every conversation I have had with @harari_yuval has been a mind-stretching experience, and my interview for The Insider was no different. Watch the full show now: https://t.co/5K6UYQUBE1

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Why does @harari_yuval think AIs may end up in control? How will they do it? And what will it mean to be a human in an AI-controlled world? @zannymb asks him in this week’s Insider. Watch the full interview now https://t.co/eGYlBO42WJ