Stupidity: A powerful force in human history

[@ecojot]

Kurt Vonnegut "We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost-effective"

[@rcnfo1197]

Hopefully, nature will evolve a new and more intelligent version of us in a few million years, long after we're gone.

[@hruntlefoot1957]

@@rcnfo1197 of us? No, better nature do what it always does and start again.

[@gardencookeat22]

Like an episode of the Twilight Zone

[@harryviking6347]

History?? Lol! There will be no one left to read it.

[@fandomrandom3155]

So it goes

[@MikeSavage-i9r]

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits”

[@Moses_42]

“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.” ~ RIP Daniel Dennett

[@ceeemm1901]

You have to wait til they've stopped watching "Dancing With The Dickheads" first....

[@Archeidos-Arcana]

Yes, and this incudes the many illusions Dennett held.

[@Michael0663-qo4wx]

Yep religion is the biggest dupe in history, full of myth and hypocrisy.

[@lorenzo6mm]

Yes.Karl Marx..

[@Michael0663-qo4wx]

@@Archeidos-Arcana such as?

[@manipurihunabopa]

The obvious characteristics I noticed in Yuval Noah Harari is CLARITY. It's such an important quality that many modern writers lack. Instead what we have is ambiguity, confusion, puzzlingly counterintuitive hypothesis. Future writers must prioritize clarity and conciseness over everything else

[@akumasdeception]

More like arrogance imo.

[@moustiketa]

And lies.

[@Dollygirl66]

@@akumasdeception cynical also.

[@micheldriessen5081]

@@akumasdeception That's what I appreciate about him the most. Kick 'm back to life !

[@georgekatkins]

@@moustiketa Such as ... ?

[@Sol-ui2if]

Academic language: concise, easy to understand, no unnecessary words, all evidence based.

[@PhilosophicalRamblings]

Heidegger, Foucault and Derrida. Explain?

[@TeaParty1776]

My philosophy profs were virtually insane with words split from concrete reality.

[@robotsofmetal]

😂

[@ayadesign3316]

+ Vipassana Meditation practice

[@TeaParty1776]

The top modern philosopher, Kant, was an explicit opponent of the focused mind. The mainstream of later philosophers merely competed on the proper content of the unfocused mind. Words or emotions split from reality? Afterr I graduated. my former dept included religion. Thats the unfocused mind desperatelly transcending its increasingly disintegrated nihilism with belief in revelation. Note well that both aare mere variations of the unfocused mind. The sustainability of mystical cultures ,contra moderrn culture, lies in their tiny acceptance of the focused mind that provides spears, thatched huts and primitive farming. And little more. I await the hysterical replies from the advocates of the unfocused mind.

[@richardbeard6100]

As the german philosopher Schiller well said : Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain .

[@craigbritton1089]

@@richardbeard6100 as I and others say; a lot of what " the gods" say is stupid; inane or insane; or all three.

[@JP51ism]

*"Whoever can get you to believe absurdities can get you to commit atrocities."* Voltaire 1765 The plunking "musical notes" were an annoying distraction, even conveying a contradictory note, like some whimsy was needed to hear this message.

[@Anonymous-km5pj]

Tolstoy: History is a wonderful thing, if only it were true.

[@jamesmedina2062]

The music was an addition. As you said it was not necessary but nevertheless the content creator wanted there to impart whimsical-ness to the otherwise serious topics.

[@jrkorman]

Interesting, as I was so focused on the words he was speaking I'm not sure that I noted the music.

[@TheRealSnakePlisken]

Example…Donald J. Trump.

[@davidcohn4755]

Yuval Harari never has, and does not now, need distracting background music. His words alone, allowing for concentration and thought, please.

[@fernandovillegas5357]

For those writing ridiculous or even insulting comments, better take the time (and courage) to read Harari's books. You will learn something.

[@j.katyLevin.2684]

💯

[@DebNKY]

I agree.

[@briaf3370]

Agreed. This is the useless class where acting is done before thinking

[@Anonymous-km5pj]

I think you're right re: love/hate humanity same same but different.

[@EA-bv5zm]

That’s about four too many assumptions/requirements…..

[@richrogers2157]

As Yuval tells us, “ never underestimate human stupidity”. This man is one of the brilliant ones.

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

Einstein said it first - the universe and human stupidity are infinite: although I'm unsure about the universe.

[@wildfire60]

Recognizing the stupidity within yourself is the beginning of wisdom.

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

@@wildfire60 are you suggesting that Einstein was stupid?

[@wildfire60]

@@voulafisentzidis8830 Yes, we are all stupid. That doesn't mean we're idiots or morons. It means that human beings, all of us, never can possess enough knowledge to know all the impacts, consequences that will result from our actions. Einstein revealed the secrets of atomic power but that wisdom has led to the possible extinction of humanity and a global arms race in nuclear weapons. Did Einstein foresee all of this. No! He couldn't because he was stupid and yet very intelligent at the same time. The ancient word for accepting our stupidity is humility. Our greatest enemy, internally, is arrogance or sure mindedness and even a superiority complex. To admit that we don't know, or that we're stupid, is the beginning of wisdom.

[@wildfire60]

@@voulafisentzidis8830 Yes and very intelligent as well - like many humans.

[@StormInc1498]

“The adults didn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that they didn’t understand life, in general.” Absolutely spot on point. If this isn’t the height of stupidity, I don’t know what is.

[@SteveMcGreen]

A propos : Who told the story that youtube videos need background music ? Without the annoying music we wouldn't need the subtitles. Best example for Harari's point.

[@alanward992]

Agreed.

[@maryoberschlake1988]

I’d still like the subtitles

[@ruthless9604]

In your opinion

[@CelestialWoodway]

Christopher Nolan did that in his movie Oppenheimer. Loud background music behind guys talking throughout the whole film.

[@latetotheparty184]

This video's music is kind of quirky, slightly syncopated and easily draws my attention away from the verbal content. The overall repetitiveness of the melody slightly dulls my mind into a stupor relieved only by clicking off the video. I figured I was the only one who couldn't handle it but there are a few of us apparently. I don't have the opportunity to sit and read the subtitles of the video, so it's listen or nothing. Maybe if there was an app where I can get the subtitles read out loud by some AI voice.....that would be kind of funny.

[@TheoWerewolf]

OMG... this is exactly what I'm been trying to explain on social media. We believe stories like "businesses are the most important thing because without them we'd have no clothes or food" or "rich people must be smart". Businesses use this defeat that cooperation because it is dangerous - if we cooperated with each of on say labour laws, people would have the same power as they have - if not more.

[@Vince-l4k]

Agree so much, in the 70s they never yaped so much about finance, or monarchy, and cookery crap, or on and on with women's arse shape, bring back more places for games, and social interaction

[@judithdaar4425]

Yuval Harari is simply marvelous in understanding the how and why things happen. I love his work.

[@fransmars1645]

You are a voice among billions. I hear the logic. I feel good because finally, I hear the voice of reason. I dispair because I know that a reasonable voice is no longer popular. We are doomed through our perpetual inability to agree about the correct route. God help us all.

[@Lee-Van-Cle]

My reply to him: "Stop repeating this stupid narrative. The 'gorging gene' theory is fundamentally flawed in many ways. 1. Food intake is limited by the capacity of the digestive system. Basically, sapiens could not gorge themselves. 2. Unlike the domesticated fruits bought from markets, fruits in the wild are not as refined and sweet. 3. Storage method at time also limited the duration of food preservation. Thus sapiens are willing to share, i.e., to store food in others’ bellies. We are very willing to share our land and food with sapiens in Palestine, would you?"

[@jaymogamy]

God is fictitious.

[@Lee-Van-Cle]

@@jaymogamy thank god you found out that!

[@DSAK55]

@@jaymogamy He's fanfiction

[@hesam6929]

We have so many idiots then, listening to this wild guy that has only one argument:"hunter gatherers". Idiots. "We were Baboons, We were Baboons" So much idiots.

[@sevenprovinces]

I am reminded of the opening of Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" "When people shared their past through stories, explained their present through stories, foretold the future through stories...the best place by the fire was kept for....the storyteller!"

[@iv2sab512]

Please dear God stop putting marimba background music in these videos.

[@earthjustice01]

What marimba music? Most of the music were strings, and piano, with a tiny bit of marimba, it wasn't even prominent compared to the strings.

[@rosalindmartin4469]

Somewhat percussive. Annoying.

[@Steve_K2]

My thought, too. A plague on every YT video with background "music" diminishing the information.

[@adam8822]

sounds a bit like the early Age of Empires music sometimes 😁😜

[@glennrainey1227]

Powerful and critical ideas, trivialised by infantile backing music. Did the producer learn the art in a kindergarten?

[@tbur8901]

'Stupidity; a powerful force in human history.' Where do I buy the t-shirt ?

[@SteveeeGeeeBBS]

In.

[@rhythmfield]

@@SteveeeGeeeBBS you are correct

[@MaxDooDat2]

I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said, "Don't believe everything you think". You need that one, too.

[@danielwnorowski2553]

Despite unparalleled access to information, stupidity has perhaps never been more universally apparent than now, and it is being leveraged quite effectively by oligarchs and politicians via media and misinformation to consolidate power and control. It will be increasingly important to keep the masses stupid, and distract them with mindless, and irrelevant issues: CRT, religion, race baiting, false flags…

[@mtlicq]

@@MaxDooDat2 I like THAT one ! Don't believe everything you think. (and above all, don't believe everything Yuval thinks!)

[@carolecarolas]

This man is an historian and has seen how through the ages things always repeat. Thank goodness he has written books on what he knows. Maybe the right people will read his books and listen to him and just maybe they will be in a powerful position to be able to stop our destruction. BTW I didn't much notice the background music until I saw complaints about it in the comments..thanks a lot.

[@j.katyLevin.2684]

True, lots of people misunderstand him,after listening many of his video's and reading his book's, i found him very interesting, reasonable n logic

[@saraht4973]

So interesting. Read his books! Eye 👀opening

[@jamesmedina2062]

I agree and found the same phenomenon. My brain made sense (speech & music)until it questioned it overtly.

[@jamesmedina2062]

It speaks to whether we enter with bias or none. Without any bias we are better off. We can make sense later.

[@HuplesCat]

It is an age thing. As we grow older our hearing starts to fail and background music younger folks can barely here totally renders to dialogue in audible to most men over 60. Women's ears age differently.

[@fredphipps9452]

We need this reminder, desperately, thank you

[@alexmirza5210]

Most people are not concerned about understanding life and the World. I finally understand because time and brainpower has to be nearly 100% focused on daily time and money management. The rest on what to eat for lunch. "Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so". People with time tend to try and distract themselves in any way so as to avoid asking and thinking about time-consuming questions. Probably because they might throw up some uncomfortable answers.

[@PatrickMcLaughlin-ji4rb]

Belief is a default function of a large brain like ours. This vulnerability is taken advantage of all the time. Education needs to be given far more importance than it currently gets, it is the path out of the automatic belief fog.

[@kathiemuhler]

Indoctrination as babies and children makes the fog so hard to see and climb through.

[@jeffrey1312]

Education is only valuable to those who want it. I went to school with many who learned almost nothing. Sometimes they were lazy or disinterested and others were afraid it would conflict with their religion. Children are not able to understand the consequences of not learning and many times their parents aren't either.

[@Keyboardje]

@@jeffrey1312 That is because that kind of insight and knowledge is been carefully "breed out" of most humans. It took more than 50 years of carefully planning and pulling strings in secret, but now it has come so far that they operate in full sight and don't even try to hide it anymore, because they know most people are now so stupid it does not matter anymore if they openly talk about their plans. Ever heard of the WEF?

[@GIGSUPREME]

This Report is so important. Thank you Mr. Harari!!

[@jenniferhill9924]

When I was about 8 or 9, a dear family friend who was just a child in Germany during the war explained to me that they never knew when the next time they would have any food at all would be, so it was necessary to absolutely gorge oneself while it was available. She struggled with an unhealthy relationship with food for the rest of her life. 😢

[@cindysteffens8065]

I could listen to this guy all day. So interesting........

[@trollala_555]

He just speaks the obvious. His ideas can be challenged easily by real scientist. And his assumptions are based on intuitions and can be debunked easily. Maybe u just interested in d way he speaks but be careful friend

[@peterandreadakis3851]

BRAVO! I couldn't have said it better myself. You're a brilliant visionary. Many thanks for your insight and work.

[@DoreenBellDotan]

Good people know that people are stupid and self-destructive, and are profoundly disgusted by that, but do not capitalize on that vulnerability or put what they know about human weakness in the hands of those who will capitalize on human weakness for payment.

[@antfactor]

True. That empowerment is usually taken advantage of by viciously immoral/irresponsible opportunists. This is what the history of politics, and religion has shown us - and shall continue to... sadly. 😕 That said, I'm confused by your term "payment". Should that not be justice, if they are "good"??

[@tommcfadden5232]

Tragically, history shows us there are plenty of “bad” people who will.

[@SK-ql3yf]

You are describing indifference, and that's not good. Good people will prevent evil opportunists from taking advantage of the vulnerable.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

​@@SK-ql3yf That's not always possible though. Sometimes, you need a large group to stand against evil and this fails to materialize.

[@SK-ql3yf]

@@Here4TheHeckOfIt ??? Show me the data

[@brandman-u7i]

As long as i can remenber, i've allways been baffled and scared of stupidity. I was lucky to come across Carlo Cipolla take on the issue and always talk about his essay, as "high priotity subject" to my students. Do not, ever, underestimate stupitity.

[@EngRMP]

I love this "Brief but Spectacular Moment" series. And, after watching many interviews with Yuval, I'm so happy that they just let him talk (as they always do for this series). So many interviewers are woefully unprepared for Yuval... his insights seem so simple but go so deep... they are mind blowing... unless you've already had your mind blown by reading his books ("Sapiens" is still my Bible).

[@Wilson84KS]

He is talking absolute nonsense put together from partial information that he heard or read once somewhere, blown up with a huge doze of narcissism.

[@sydgriffin7591]

​@@Wilson84KS Who hurt you? Are you ok?

[@takuan650]

Insanity is repeating the same mistake over and over and expecting a different result, like fighting wars.

[@craigbritton1089]

Wars usually work for one side

[@Keyboardje]

But the thing is... they don't WANT different results! Wars are always about profit for a few, so they keep making wars happen whenever they decide they need/want even more money (oil mostly) and can get away with it, because most people don't see through the scam behind it all.

[@craigbritton1089]

@toqtoq3361 though lots of things have been said by multiple people over the centuries. So sometimes it is acceptable to me for someone to say: As has been said before....". "

[@craigbritton1089]

@@takuan650 certainly WWII was a mistake to fight the Nazis over; and it was a mistake to stop the North Korean and Chinese in Korea; and I am sure The Vietnamese would agree that fighting to get rid of the French; Americans and Chinese was not worth it; and obviously The US Civil War should not have been fought to preserve The Union and to get rid of slavery; and The US would certainly have been better remaining a British colony. And the slaves in Haiti should have not rebelled. The list could be much longer. What is dumb in war is not knowing what your political aim is; and how to attain it; and sticking with it till you attain the goal. In Afghanistan The Convicted Criminal Don-OLD tRUmP agreed to terms that meant a Taliban victory because our troops had been their 20 years; and President BuyDumb Advice didn't cancel the Agreement for basically the same reason. (which you probably agreed with) Whereras we are still in Germany/ Italy/Japan/ South Korea/etc. ; and it took more than twenty years to get stable economies; truly democratic governments with a new generation that had been raised to believe in those values. So wake up and put your Woke mindset asleep and learn some real lessons from history. Wake up your woke mind

[@craigbritton1089]

@toqtoq3361 I have seen it attributed to others; and most people don't know Benjamin Franklin or Mark Twain from the Bible. And since memory experts fail to remember about half of what they memorized 30 minutes before; perhaps one should not be so sanctimonious if someone doesn't know who first said it; but yes one should not try to leave the impression you thought of it first; or on your own

[@marcschulze6290]

What a voice of reason and logic in today's chaotic media environment.

[@TheWarsuron]

it is reason and logic to push us closer to global totalitarianism and normalise the psychopathic idea that humans are nothing more than ones and zeros . or is it logical or reasonable to help further the notion of a hivemind internet of things too?

[@takuan650]

Einstein once said that there are two things which are eternal : The Universe and human stupidity, then he paused and continued, 'I am not 100 % sure about the Universe though'.

[@michaeldwyer9656]

I wish Einstein had defined the term, stupidity. Having done so would arguably have saved countless hours and needless jawboning.

[@hinnahinna-j9y]

The irony of that quote is that he never said that.

[@bobaldo2339]

More quotes have been misattributed to Einstein than to any other famous figure.

[@loveoutpouring]

Wisdom is the product of your Heart, while knowledge is the product of your mind. Wisdom is incapable of producing destructive outcomes such as nuclear weapons and devisive corporations. A Heart only knows humanity (unity) while a mind only knows individualism (separation). Humanity needs way less mind (knowledge) and way more Heart (Wisdom).

[@mtlicq]

Humanity does not exist without individualism.

[@ShazzPotz]

What kind of fucking horseshit did you just make up above? Wisdom is the product of your mind, learning from your experiences. Knowledge is the product of your education and your memory capacity. I think humanity needs way more knowledge and wisdom, and heart.

[@maryoberschlake1988]

Hmmm… I would have flipped the analogy of heart and head… funny how perspective changes meaning

[@MercedesCruz-qe1nj]

Is wonderful to listen to an intelligent person. Thank u, Mr Harari.

[@sheri2035]

I bought “Unstoppable Us” because of his video on Brief But Spectacular. The book is absolutely marvelous. I cannot recommend it enough.

[@i.am.navkaur]

Thank you! Just added to my library queue.

[@Lee-Van-Cle]

I didn’t find any citation in his book Sapiens to support his scientific claims. My reply to him: “Stop repeating this stupid narrative. The 'gorging gene' theory is fundamentally flawed in many ways. 1. Food intake is limited by the digestive system's capacity. Basically, sapiens could not gorge themselves. 2. Unlike the domesticated fruits bought from markets, fruits in the wild are not as refined and sweet. 3. Storage method at time also limited the duration of food preservation. Thus sapiens are willing to share, i.e., to store food in others’ bellies. We are very willing to share our land and food with sapiens in Palestine, would you?”

[@SandraBeberian]

Never boring, very interesting, thank you for your brilliance! A lot of Anthropology! My sister graduated from university. Of Stony Brook, with s major in Social science and a minor in Anthropology...I would look thru her books, and learned an awful lot about societies...why we do what we do because of our ancestors thousands of years ago. I didn't go to college...my sis got a scholarship...I became a Civil Servant and worked for 40 years with Probation department as a secretary and computer work. Fascinating. Both of us did well.

[@shawnbottom4769]

"We have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technologies." That couldn't go wrong could it?

[@emryadora]

I like to call us big brained, hairless apes. 😂

[@oceanzmat]

Great talk. Buttons to turn off the music, and the captions, would be wonderful. Thank you.

[@northernbohemianrealist]

That background sound was COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.

[@laus9953]

perhaps 99% of backgrounds are. that aside, your comment appears so also

[@MarthaJones-v5p]

It’s the fashion nowadays. Some documentaries drown the content in unnecessary audio.

[@andrewthomas695]

​@@laus9953I second your post.

[@rohitjain6616]

Suppose you don't like him or what he says, and then watch the video. Post feedback.

[@truemamrdi4all]

It just portrays harari as a consumer know-more prophet. Spot on.

[@GehresWeed]

A sharp intelect is not an indication of wisdom.

[@michaelwanner1017]

Só very completely true. Nor of humanity

[@thecount1001]

and you demonstrate neither.

[@samuellourenco1050]

In this case, it is an indication of acute malice.

[@jayess6318]

@@thecount1001 Why? Go ahead and prove your point. Go ahead and prove it.

[@turtlec7140]

💯

[@funnythat9956]

excellent and thought provoking; the background music is wholy unnecessary

[@ceeemm1901]

YES! Humph! Rhubarb!Rhubard! I demand we have the end of the world with more DECORUM!!!! "Ponsomby, get my hansome cab, now!!!!"

[@tonyhill2318]

Yes.

[@piehound]

Eggcellent. I am deeply aware of my stupidity . . . and the stupidity of others. Thank you. More folks need to wake up to the new reality.

[@craigbritton1089]

The main stupidity of humans is to not realize how stupid and ignorant we are about almost everything. Thanks @piehound for helping us be a bit more humble

[@karmengr10]

Thank you Novak! You keep me hopeful that some will listen! 🙏🙏🙏 In addition, you put me back on track to my meditation practice!!!

[@sharmilakalain7549]

From my African highveld I was just contemplating the sheer incomprehensible stupidity of humanity. Neither foresight nor insight. Blind in fact.

[@CurtisVos-e6i]

I heartily agree that the belief in fictions is a major motivator of human behavior, both individually and collectively. However, we also believe and are motivated by science and empirical realities (at least many of us are.) So, while fictions are real and highly influential, so are facts (at least for many of us.) Science and the Humanities, Nature and Culture, Facts and Fictions, are the Yin-Yang of history and our present situation. Harari is half right in other words, in my opinion. Caveats aside, I'm a big fan.

[@Liisa3139]

Science is a fiction too and works as a religion. It is called scientism. The core belief is that humans can solve everything with reason, through science. Will not happen. We can't fix things on a global level, not even on a national level either, really. As a mass we need a collapse every so often. It is built into our essence. The downfall of the Roman empire was one such collapse where just about all achievements of technology and social organization were abandoned. It was a gradual process. It is through collapse that (human) life truly renews itself. Same on an individual level. You will not discover your core essence without hitting rock bottom.

[@martifingers]

I get what you mean but the problem is how to discern what are "facts" from the theoretical assumptions that allow the data to be assembled into information that serves a particular model. I know it gets a bit circular but how do we know our science is not just another story? I am broadly in agreement with you I think but there are methodological issues hidden in the details...

[@CurtisVos-e6i]

Thanks for your feedback Marti. I tend to see facts on a spectrum, with some being more black and white, and other "facts" more grey zone. "Fuzzy logic," which sounds kinda sketchy on the surface, is actually a good way to see many complex statements of so-called truth. I do think there is a danger in taking a strong po-mo argument against truth, ie: it is all power-based and subjectively biased. To complicate matters, facts, like fictions, must also be assessed according to their values and dangers. Things get fuzzy pretty quickly.

[@martifingers]

@@CurtisVos-e6i Things do indeed get fuzzy very quickly ! A couple of points occur to me here: there is a inherent problem when trying to engage in debate since people get really attached to their fictions (for reasons I mention in another post here), secondly this fuzziness should not mean that we cannot assess progress in knowledge eg the theory that the earth is a perfect sphere is not as good as the theory that the earth is an oblate spheroid. Both of these are better than the idea the earth is flat. Thirdly this is a very long running debate - my introduction to it was through reading Feyerabend and Lakatos.

[@windfoil1000]

@@CurtisVos-e6i True, but you still have to be able to function so you have to make cognitive decisions.

[@rossclark4589]

YNH is one of the great modern communicators. Science, philosophy, intellectual development - they mean little if they are only shared or understood by an (academic) elite. The most important resources we have are those who can bring the core of the message to the rest of us.

[@-AkhilTej-]

🎯💎🏆 Great insightful & fruitful video 🏆💎🎯 लोकः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु ( May all beings lead prosperous life across Globe 🌍 )

[@nicholasmitchell8749]

I imagine the background music to be a sincere attempt to lighten up a heavy topic.

[@djdksf1]

I'm in the first part of Harari's latest book: "Nexus", focused on the role of information networks in human society. His perspective is astounding and there are revelations that, once read, seem obvious, but it takes a historian of his depth to provide the context needed to bring large concepts down to a level that we can relate to personally. Highly recommended, especially in these dark times where stupidity and ignorance have become virtues, apparently for more than half of Americans.

[@philmcdonald6088]

be here now do no harm help others be still close eyes listen to your breathing.

[@fredwood1490]

Thank you! Answers I've been looking for for quite a while.

[@JustThinkBetter]

I was listening to 21 lessons for the 21st century, when the short for this video popped up as a notification. So here I am, a new subscriber of this channel thanks to Yuval... #ThinkBetter💡

[@juliavanschalkwyk9321]

Build back better, ha ha , yeah right. I am starting to lose all hope for stupid mankind believing this mediocre small man. He is also hackable.

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

Thank you friend!

[@ChrisHoward-ky8pv]

Is stupidity a force, or a wave? It certainly seems to be peaking at the moment...

[@markbutcher4100]

Why the distracting music? The producer’s stupidity?

[@alanward992]

Absolutely!

[@TheLosOliveros]

lol

[@meburbur5086]

maybe your focus was on something else?

[@danielmartineckhart]

Yeah, had that very same thought.

[@CraigCastanet]

MORE BRILLIANCE FROM YUVAL.

[@alastairriddell3552]

The music should be cut it’s dreadful and distracting from the message

[@CAP753]

He is one of the very few very intelligent people living among us.He never fails to amaze

[@akbarkhwaja9273]

Harari's insights come from history, evolution, and present events. This I would to take his predictions of the 3rd world War and AI seriously.

[@petermartin4142]

For the commenters, who are complaining about the music in the background, suck it up. It’s only a 12 minute video excerpt. If it was an entire interview for an hour, I would agree you could do it without the music. For the creator of the video thank you for sharing this little gem.

[@lolakatkin]

Please stop the music in the background… isn’t your voice just enough?

[@bubstacrini8851]

What an inane criticism...

[@lynxthewise7233]

@@bubstacrini8851 Considering many people have audio-related issues, not at all. What a useless reply you left.

[@2whostruckjohn]

If you ask a Chinese, Korean, or Japanese person when World War Two began, their lived history of that war begins with the 7 July 1937 incident at the Marco Polo bridge. Or even earlier.

[@paneko1]

Conflict between Chinese and Japanese can be called the prolog to the Pacific side of World War II, but Pacific didn't enter WW2 until 1941, so it was a separate conflict between two countries out of Europe. I think that was the point Y.Harari wanted to make, how in the end it was all connected. And how it shouldn't develop and escalate right now, with so many separated conflicts all around the globe.

[@GARRY3754]

I wonder why US presence in the Philippines didn’t help stat WW2…..

[@paneko1]

@@GARRY3754 Actually wasn’t the Japanese invasion of the Philippines the first action of World War II in which units of the U.S. Army faced the enemy on the ground?

[@GARRY3754]

@@paneko1 Not sure but I would think each side has their rational. The fact that US was in Japan’s backyard surely didn’t make them comfortable as both were imperialist countries.

[@Uns46]

Sapiens: a brief history of humankind, is my favorite book

[@JAK-c9q]

You give us a lot to think about!

[@ivaluska]

I would say that misinformation needs to be on the list of threats to civilization. That underlies everything else.

[@AndyMorrisArt]

"... we open the refrigerator and there's this huge chocolate cake, and we can wait." How to tell us that you've never had roommates, w/o saying that you never had roommates.

[@iamkruciall4391]

This message brought you to by the WEF.

[@thecount1001]

back to your cave of ignorance and disinformation.

[@vleiratfilms2020]

How sadly you miss the point🤔

[@Jimnbvgy]

How sadly you can not see a monster right in front of you. Good luck because with intuition like you have you are going to need it.

[@thefriesens1071]

@@Jimnbvgy WEF is the monster!

[@davestover2871]

🔥AMAZING🔥 HOW MANY OF THE COMMENTS DON'T REALIZE, "THIS GUY IS THE MONSTER" UNDER THE BED ! Y.N.H. IS COMING OUT FROM UNDER YOUR BED, & "HE WILL DEVOUR YOU" !!!

[@scottwyckoff5483]

The human spirit will not submit to control

[@ecofriend93]

This is what superhuman (A) intelligence will say.

[@sail4life]

But coercion, that is another matter altogether...

[@takuan650]

WHY ?

[@Syl-Vee]

I think more people need to hear this.

[@nilanjanroy986]

Very clear thought and straight talk,thanks a lot for such video, waiting for next to come which will definitely increase our thought process regarding Human, thank you Sir

[@rae0521]

Thank you for the intelligent and informative presentation. But WHY the "music" in the background? What possible purpose does it serve other than to DISTRACT?

[@bubstacrini8851]

If the music distracts U, U are easily distracted.

[@rae0521]

@@bubstacrini8851 I expected an intelligent response... it's a shame I didn't get one.

[@danielmartineckhart]

As always with Harari, clear and often startlingly clear messages ... in this video, annoyingly accompanied by a strange score - either tone it down or pick something else - or, here's a thought, just let the man talk - no enhancements necessary.

[@jean-francoisferry1931]

One of the great thinkers and communicators of our time.

[@juliavanschalkwyk9321]

D-uhhh

[@davidt783]

Marvelous! in the last month I have seen you speak on a few talk shows and have been riveted by your insight. Thanks.

[@ktrethewey]

What does the music add to this? His words are enough…

[@2ME-T]

With the people I live with.... I'm still in the Savanna 😂😂

[@nelieaucamp]

What it means to be human, obviously my take, is to use our power for the wellbeing of ALL.

[@zahraghavidast365]

So true!🙏🏾

[@pietervanderveld3096]

There is a difference in what we should be and what we are.

[@nelieaucamp]

@@pietervanderveld3096 What we are is a choice.

[@tamikash]

Some of us are aware but choose to be ignorant about the world because it's easier and safer to live in our bubbles.

[@mtlicq]

How convenient they tried to confine us to our little bubbles to "stay safe" -- and ignorant about what they're trying to pull off with the world

[@TheWarsuron]

everyone lives in a bubble or have you watched any beheading videos or visited a CIA black site lately ?

[@songsabai3794]

Stupidity and arrogance dance together to convince us their tune is "right".

[@RonaldvanHoove]

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence and then success is sure" Mark Twain

[@quonxinquonyi8570]

Comment of the week

[@dianemitchell1717]

This twin dance is the basis of all ignorance as displayed by people who are out of touch with reality.

[@AI-xs4fp]

This video was prescient. RIP America.

[@prometheus200]

I push back a little on your take on AI. It’s not completely apart from human intelligence. AI is yet to tell us something outside of our collective intelligence. It’s just better at connecting the dots because it’s faster at that.

[@paulkielty3800]

That’s an interesting take on the subject of AI ,but given how we use the technology we have at our disposal now I don’t think we will use AI to benefit humanity.

[@DuncanFer1]

Elon Musk agrees with him and Elon knows a lot more of AI than most people.

[@patientzerobeat]

AI is a hybrid, in that it can appear like human intelligence and much of its output would be indistinguishable from a human with good vocabulary, grammar and punctuation (and enough time come up with it). However, the grotesque errors that happen with it are "alien" in the sense that no human that stupid would be smart enough to come up with it in the first place, if that makes any sense. And it's in this "appearing intelligent" part of AI that makes it the most dangerous. The problem with AI isn't that it will become sentient or conscious or "alive" or anything remotely like that. Rather, it's that a critical mass of humans will bestow upon it these attributes which don't exist. That's why I think public education about HOW the AI does its "trick" is very important. Once you understand it at a certain level, you're only impressed with how clever the algorithm is, not at how clever AI itself is. It's a bit like psychics, faith healers and magicians etc. who claim what they're doing is real. If you really believe them, bad stuff can happen. But once you learn how the trick can be done and stop believing it, you can still be damn impressed with the knowledge, talent, skill and "algorithm" involved in the charade.

[@rocketsjudoka]

From what I'm gathering is that what humans powerful is the ability to think abstractly so we can perceive a story as being even more powerful than our immediate reality.

[@mapasdoacaso]

Thanks from Brazil!

[@georget.6357]

The message was so interesting that the music wasn't an issue, until the comments below.

[@Liisa3139]

Stupidity manifests itself here immediately in the form of background music. Totally unnecessary - and disturbing to many, especially to people with hearing issues. But for some reason there is a mainstream trend that every stupid person chooses to follow and therefore uses background music to everything.

[@windfoil1000]

I didn't really notice it at all as I was pretty interested in what he had to say, but I'm sorry if you have hearing issues. Little things like that can really get on a person's nerves.

[@iv2sab512]

I agree! And it's always ALWAYS a marimba. Why? WHY?!

[@ronneyrendon]

Was there background music?? I was too focused on what he was saying & didn’t even notice! Time to rewatch!

[@rapharts1]

Background music versus AI and nuclear war? There is a gap in intelligence here

[@Liisa3139]

@@rapharts1 Can you explain what good is background music for here? And especially, why is it that people with hearing issues are not included as recipients of whatever message is to be delivered?

[@peasinourthyme5722]

No, we humans don´t control the world. You hear this so often, but it´s not true. People, including Harari, confuse control with influence. We are powerful enought to inflict chaos on the world, but we don´t control it. On a collective scale we are, so far, unable to control our influence. We are a force of nature and as such, possibly powerless against our own destructive powers. Time will tell. I have hope though.

[@royvincenttrani]

Insightful and thought-provoking!

[@nullnada6901]

I watched the video just for the music. (Sidenote: Anyone willing to die for a cause, is willing to kill for it.)

[@AlanAJRoberts]

Great dialogue but really annoying background music, I gave up listening about 75% couldn't stand it any longer

[@readynowforever3676]

Evidence indicates that you’ve learned to read. Why didn’t you mute the volume altogether, and just read the very legible provided subtitles? After all, you said the this content was “great dialogue”.

[@atticus-iz7iw]

@@readynowforever3676 👏👏👏👏👏😀

[@faa923]

Thanks for sharing that, it’s so meaningful, and I care so much

[@jarthur5094]

Why do so many KZbin channels have annoying music background. Just let the content do its work

[@AlanAJRoberts]

@@jarthur5094 it's the same with many modern films. Some meaningless "mudic" in the background detracts from the otherwise engaging film

[@kathleenwing1590]

Excellent Commentary! Thank you for your testimony, your on point.

[@tarnopol]

A series of evolutionary just-so stories.

[@mustafamasalawala7294]

Human cognition ability is the unique aspect of the human evolution which can never be superseded by the power of artificial intelligence.Though artificial intelligence can create ideas but still fell short of human curiosity.

[@lutaayam]

Hey, some of us still live under the African savanna. Maybe you’ll be more sympathetic when judging us

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

He’s almost exactly my age but he certainly has thought a lot more deeply about history and life.

[@billhayward1585]

Thank you I really enjoyed this episode. I am now going to go eat all of the cake in the fridge before the Baboons get it.

[@kennethshank2308]

Ive been thinking about this for years. How do we change? We need to change how we see the story but also the home we all call planet Earth. It starts with Farming and monetizing where we choose to put carbon.

[@kristine6996]

Talk to the aboriginals and listen carefully to their point of view on life.

[@tisiaan]

I don’t really live nearby Australia…it’s the other side of the world. What is their take on life?

[@איציקטוד]

תודה רבה על התרגום המובנה. הנושאים שעליו הוא מדבר נטחנו על ידו עד דק.. אדם במעמדו חבל שממחזר נושאים ללא הרף

[@chriscowan8749]

Kill the damn background music. I only made it half way.

[@paddy654]

Agree that it is slightly distracting and worse has no purpose..😢

[@cesarjlisboa7586]

Excellent views ❤