Portrait of Yuval Noah Harari

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'
Nature & World Unverifiable

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'
Nature & World Confirmed

We are becoming data-processing algorithms.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
Wisdom Unverifiable

We are becoming data-processing algorithms.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
Wisdom Confirmed

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

2020 — Interview
Wisdom Unverifiable

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

2020 — Interview
Wisdom Confirmed

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

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
Wisdom Unverifiable

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

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
Wisdom Confirmed

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

2018 — Interview
Political Unverifiable

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

2018 — Interview
Political Confirmed

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

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
Educational Unverifiable

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

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
Educational Disputed

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

2016 — Lecture
War & Conflict Unverifiable

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

2016 — Lecture
War & Conflict Confirmed

The future will be shaped by algorithms, not by politicians.

2018 — Book: '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'
Political Unverifiable

The future will be shaped by algorithms, not by politicians.

2018 — Book: '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'
Political Confirmed

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

2017 — Interview
Art & Creativity Unverifiable

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

2017 — Interview
Art & Creativity Confirmed

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

2018 — Interview with The Guardian
Wisdom Unverifiable

The most common reaction of the human mind to achievement is not satisfaction, but craving for more.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus'
Inspirational Unverifiable
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