Intelligence Squared Podcast Episodes featuring Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari on the Myths we Need to Survive

Intelligence Squared - September 19, 2016 14:22 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratings
Myths. We tend to think they’re a thing of the past, fabrications that early humans needed to believe in because their understanding of the world was so meagre. But what if modern civilisation were itself based on a set of myths? This is the big question posed by Professor Yuval Noah Harari, auth...

Yuval Noah Harari on the Rise of Homo Deus

Intelligence Squared - September 09, 2016 18:13 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratings
“Studying history aims to loosen the grip of the past… It will not tell us what to choose, but at least it gives us more options.” – Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari is the star historian who shot to fame with his international bestseller 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'. In that book H...

Yuval Noah Harari on the myths we need to survive

Intelligence Squared - September 25, 2015 15:09 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratings
Myths. We tend to think they’re a thing of the past, fabrications that early humans needed to believe in because their understanding of the world was so meagre. But what if modern civilisation were itself based on a set of myths? This is the big question posed by Professor Yuval Noah Harari, auth...