REFRESHING to hear discourse . . . bring it on!

Excellent introduction to the book sir , thank you!

@1:42 who? 😅

He's kind of just a tech bro doing a PR campaign for future tech, transhumanism, and ai, but much like most tech bros his vision of the future is already obsolete b/c of the essentially 19th century basis of his historical views, that have been outdated for a long time now but whose carcass continues to decay and stink up humanity's attempts to achieve genuine progress.

Harari claims to have studied everything, from genetics to history he is the neighborhood uncle who knows everything in academia

Idk if that's exactly his take but saying falsifiability is an important part of the modern western culture and in particular the cause or motor of the scientific revolution is laughable

25:59 sums it up nicely.

who would of thought the nosferatu j00 mfker is a bad egg

Yeah, no, putin is a cuddly harmless guy. Everything in Russia is great. (Russian here. Not returning to Russia anytime soon but very much in contact with absolutely brainwashed relatives. No, Russia is not good at the moment and hasn't been good in a long time, possibly ever. If you fail to see this, you are arguing from a faulty starting position.)

Harari's ancestors wrote the bible. What did you expect ?

Thanks Jeff, I have ordered the book and looking forward to reading it. I’m half way through The Horde by Marie Favereau at the moment and recently watched your interview with her, which is how I came across your channel. Out of interest. Have you read Jonathan Sperber ‘s The Age of Interconnection, a global history of 20thC ? He also examines 1945 - 2000 … thanks interesting channel 👍

I didn't like "intelligent design" when it was a term used by fundamentalist Christians. Now that the technotheists are using this term, I like it even less. "Sapiens" is a very insidious book. Harari is indeed an enthralling storyteller and knows how to frame his supposed truths. He keeps claiming that the things he talks about come from "scientists" and not himself, while pushing his own materialistic philosophy. Anyone has a bit of human compassion and common sense left, is not blinded by his stylish writing and actually reflects about the ideas Harari promotes, should be horrified. (e.g. "gossip is a good thing", "money made people trust each other" , "empires are a good thing", not to talk about the misanthropic transhumanist propaganda)

Thank you for this public service. I felt an instant antipathy back when i was still inclined to accept his analysis

harari's history seems rather dummed down kind of history, in service of his futurology

His books are terrible. Run on sentences. Doesn't back up claims with any facts. No Footnotes. He's successful because his billionaire WEF buddies bought up his books to push their agenda.

is that a new zealand or australian accent ?

Civilisations are the noise of summer insects between two winters ~ Nicolas Gomez Davila.

Harari got his Ph.D from Oxford. Where did you get yours?

You can't Math

wouldn't it be nice if the usa was a democracy. wouldn't it be nice if the usa supported democracy around the world, but their coups seem to always support murderous fascists. the ukraine maidan was a fascist coup supported by the cia. the elected government was overtured and replaced by a coalition of one open nazi party(the political wing of the azov ) and two open fascists parties who embedded their people in all parts of government and the economy so when they couldn't win electorial support they control the ukraine, victoria nuland was caught on phone naming the new president. its all nato militarism which still dreams the old european dream of breaking up russia so they can getthe resources the europeans don't have at home.

Read professor Darwin's book years ago. The man was on to something.

Good stuff Can you do one about the fox and the hedgehog?

I didn't find this critique convincing. First, of course, the history of everything must be reductionist. Any pattern recognition is reductionist. Second, he clearly constructs a new myth for new times in his understanding. His claim is that all old mythologies are dead but we still need some big picture to move forward,so I don't see any contradiction with his profound materialism. Third, his smug attitude is annoying but it in no way invalidates his thesis. Fourth, his account is a pop history so leave him alone for not telling a detailed and nuanced story. Moreover, he never claimed any originality in his writing, moreover once he told that the reason for the book helping his students to better understand what he was teaching them.

Where can I go to find your books? What is “history”? As I recall, it’s the story written by the winners. Anyone who gives a cogent, but different, viewpoint from the accepted bs is worth listening to.

generic and boring summery of work, then some tepid critiques of Harari. Never saw Harari claim to come-up with "new" history or ideas, he positions his books more as pop history, to help lay people grasp larger ideas than the daily grind allows. looking for clicks from anti-fans.

Meh. You look untrustworthy and shifty.. like you've got an axe to grind. Also, the way you narrate and talk is just really annoying. Like a record spinning up and down all the time. And no I am not a Yuval fanboy.

WOW, loved this. ✊🏼💪🏼🇿🇦

What “American imperial glory” you are referring to? Ukrainians are being killed by Russians in a brutal war started with Russia and you are victim-blaming Ukraine or USA for this war??

Sorry, but your so called “analysis” is a total bullshit. Your rhetoric suffers from the same thing you accuse Snyder - emotional bias towards some historical events. I didn’t see any valid criticisms or proofs of the issues that you are addressing to in the video.

Who is in kursk again?

High quality , and good references to boot, thanks for putting yourself out there on youtube.

His fame is actually much more PR & colabs with a certain type of politicians (ahem ahem funded by rich people), also the media that promoted him, are also controlled by the same rich people.

i admired him, then i read his views on Israeli extermination on Gaza & issue of Palestine, then i revisited his all works & i could actually see his inconsistency, intellectual dishonesty & his fangs. also his opinion on AI is just fearmongering to get clicks.

How does the US define the concept of the "free world"? I am imagining millions of innocent lives lost in Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Cuba, Venezeula, Iran, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, etc. What does the term "free world" mean to those that lost their lives, to the relatives of the survivors? What an insult. This world is much safer, free and a better world without the US and NATO poking their noses everywhere. Who gave them the power to mind our business. I am from the global south, and have anger in my blood.

US and Euro GDP is low wage workers selling each other hamburgers.

Shocking that Western "leaders" guessed wrong about an opponent. See also: Taliban, Shiite Iraq, Vietnam, et al.

China is too powerful to go to war against.

Snyder is as cheap as his open pockets. A disgrace to all the historians around the world. He has been recorded in the archives of history as one cheap sell-out who sold the profession to the MIC.

Noah is a useless eater

You are right, the stories Europe and North America tell about empires doesn't make sense...but people in Asia, Africa and South America are nevertheless still quite familiar with the imperialism!

I started reading Sapiens and couldn’t believe how speculative so much of it is. Kinda silly that people treat that as history. Sapiens is Sloppy and self-serving nonsense. Celeb pseudo intellectual, just what we need.

4.45 is when the introduction to the video ends and the book analysis starts.

Zionist Settler Colonist.

He seems to think prehistoric humans were like bonobos. They weren't. Their story is lost, but it was just as weird and wonderful as ours. Harari isn't interested in that level of detail. Ernesto is definitely more detailed, looking at how humans interact with their environment. I was put off by his uninformed dismissal of Indo-European. It made me wonder whether he knew anything about topics I know less about.

Harari owes his inorganic rise to the agenda-driven western publishing and media mainstream. It’s enough for his profound lack of credibility as a ‘historian’ that he is both in denial and dismissive of Israel’s genocide in Palestine.

The globalists love to call it "self defeat". Civilizational "suicide". It is not. It is a defeat. It is a murder.

The prophet of mid-wits

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Great recomendation sir, thank you!

It is honestly disappointing to read comments.There is so much room to criticise a history book which is mostly philosophy and speculation. But most is just disliking Harari. "He's a zionist, capitalist, mad and evil, of course he is wrong!" If it's neither interesting nor helpful, then make it atleast funny. Like the people watching Thunderfoot just to feel validified in their hatred for Elon Musk.