Yuval Noah Harari Explains the Popularity of COVID Conspiracies

ames Corden reconnects with historian, philosopher and author Yuval Noah Harari after their chat early during quarantine, and the two discuss how humans have handled 10+ months of the pandemic. And the "Sapiens: A Graphic History" author talks about the US presidential election and the dangers of the current split between political ideologies. After, James asks about the rise of conspiracy theories and our seemingly increased vulnerabilities to them.
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[@mrquestion72]

"Here's the guy who says humans are soulless hackable animals to tell you why your conspiracy theories are silly."

[@TheSimpleCitizen]

I remember recently seeing that in fact

[@cbjersey]

You forgot to also talk about his role in WEF

[@ericdouglas7039]

If the World Econonic Forum was an Austin Powers movie, Klaus Schwab would be Dr. Evil and Harari would be Mini Me

[@crewalpha]

Add Sam Brinton to the list of Bond/Austin Powers villains.

[@crewalpha]

And James Corden would be Patty O'Brien.

[@nicolasbouchard6331]

😭

[@peaceandlove544]

Hahaha sooooo true or the brain in a jar of Swchab

[@rudy103069]

Klaus "Neuschwabenland" Schwab.

[@Robin-px9rc]

🥺 How can this many people be deceived??? 💔💔💔

[@nonstopcooltop]

It’s easier than accepting the alternative. If the demagogues of the world edited their own genome, we could live in a utopian society. Somehow I suspect they went to edit 8 billion people to be their slave - rather than to note this pursuit of power is and has been the problem and to edit THEMSELVES to accept and promote the collective power of humanity without the pursuit of wealth or power for its own sake.

[@caitlinsoliman1658]

It is sad but the Bible says that!

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

@@jakee5059 yes, it was. I can't believe that people still reference a book written by the Oligarch...laugh

[@villiamvankekem3693]

This guy might acually be more evil than Klaus himself.

[@JennyBrie2006]

@Legend Treyder kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu6fKtsidyNo7c

[@nonstopcooltop]

He’s at least nice enough to warn us about what horrors are going to happen, as people are just too stupid to wake up and stop feeding data to the matrix. He didn’t invent the system, and he didn’t have to warn us. I am unfortunately feeding information to the new system right now. :-/

[@peaceandlove544]

He is he is the evil malthusian anti-human, transhumanist antichristian mind behind WEF, regardless of it's political controllers

[@antinorest]

@@nonstopcooltop Wrong. He is one of the masterminds of the system. He works for the WEF

[@Strong_Trustworthy]

Every secret agenda needs a philosophy/philosopher to pave the Road or offer an intellectual rationale. James's introduction tells us all. They are propping this guy up. I haven't heard this man say one profound thing.

[@Twinbz2010]

Wow... never seen a late night show host, just sit there and listen without interrupting. He looked genuinely interested compared to times when host show interest but you can clearly see then looking at cards, and around the room .

[@teresaamanfu7408]

It would be a shame if he interrupted such a brilliant mind.

[@skynet4496]

Except when it comes to vaccines , he can't see his own narrow belief system. The cv vaccines are chock full of issues and are barely tested, due to emergency exceptions. The irony is that in sapiens, he explained how humans naturally adapted to viruses.

[@opalm88]

I noticed that too

[@KimE1021]

Most likely, Corden's Network overlords told him to stfu & let the globalist spew his Technocratic rhetoric of building Ethical Algorithms to "The Global Useless Class", as he so gracelessly describes his fellow man. Other Notable Yuval Quotes for future rounds on the talk show circuit might include: "Most religions are virtual games superimposed on the reality of life". Or maybe this classic: "We will come to see that decisions don't come from a mystical soul but from biological processes in the brain". And one last nugget of wisdom for the road. Yuval describes combining the biochemical processes with big data computers as a revolution," if only we would submit our free will to the algorithm." He continues, "the self disintegrates. You don't understand your true self better, but rather, you come to realize there is no true self. There's just a complicated connection of biochemical connections, without a core. There is no authentic voice that lives inside you." These entropic, nihilistic lies are inhuman and come straight from the pit of hell.

[@jaimelennister5836]

Sapiens is really a mind blowing book. It really changed, how i see the world. I can recommend it to everybody. If you don't like reading, you should buy the illustrated version of the book.

[@RafaelRodrigues-rx9ry]

Same here.

[@Anders.B.]

I did a listen and the audiobook is perfect!

[@noratahiri4361]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoDRmGyNerxjg80

[@geodsinclas2389]

Yeah...but compared to Richard Feynman's books it is dumb. Science is not just easy. The building blocks are easy (if you do not dig too deep...as "fundamental" (not really because one can go deeper and deeper) particles show)...but what can be built out of them is very hard to follow with the simple building blocks...even thought it is easy if you invest a lot of time in following it.

[@geodsinclas2389]

If you but that you can also buy Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

[@misterm1336]

It’s very well but, what about the jobless, the food less, the huge increase in poverty, despair, the luck of contact with families worldwide, the luck of movement, the lost income , the shutting down of just about everything etc etc. Conspiracy theories is not, this state of affairs is beyond comprehension and understanding. A world shut down is not the answer. WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND WE DEMAND OUR FREEDOM NOW!

[@jorgegomez524]

Being forced to stay closed at home while the billionaire ruling class is travelling in private jets to snowboarding in Alasca or beach in the caraibas is no conspiracy theory. it’s a fact.

[@gogawork4030]

people like you who do not want to study or work hard or create job for others will always think like this. Become like them [popular and rich] and do what you preach , then we will see. It's easy to criticize , because you know they will not respond to you , but it's hard to become like one of them then do something different. Think again ...

[@logic8673]

And so? I am a normal person, but I think billionaires should spend as much as they can and spend and spend....that is better for all of us as money is being spend. Rather it being kept in the bank doing nothing.

[@gogawork4030]

@@logic8673 you mean money is kept in bank... Are you serious ... Please read how banking system work ... Bank lent money to company.. then get interest rate.. it's a whole system..

[@Alpha-Angel]

Billionaires are also hurt by the pandemic and have an economic lost. So traveling in private jet won't compensate the losses.

[@liz6cats280]

@@Alpha-Angel Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot, Amazon, Facebook, and other companies reaped record profits. Jorge Gomez pointed out the hypocrisy of those higher up on the food chain, who bark orders at the commoners and never do themselves what they say we must do.

[@ezekiel5687]

He's working close with Klaus Shwab at world dominance at the WEF.

[@anacorona2527]

I’m distracted trying to see what books the author of Sapiens has on his shelf.

[@ruspinos3890]

Lool. I see that he is a fan of Steven Pinker. He used to share his books reviews on the Guardian.

[@mira6010]

Me too

[@herwire]

Me too

[@deborahcarvo1075]

Same!

[@satoshinakamoto7253]

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age, Theory of Reflexivity

[@gushutchinson8758]

This man attracts so much admiration...but does everyone realise he seriously wants us to meld with robots? That's his great vision for us...come on people. Imagine what inequalities ensue down that road. He makes out like he is opposed to the suffering in the world today but his idea of utopia will be dystopian for the masses and utopian for the elites.

[@Ryan-lo1kg]

Predicting that humans will "meld" with robots has no relation to wanting it to happen. Yuval very much would like it not to happen, and his entire body of work warns us of the dystopian inequalities coming in the near future that you wtite about. He's a buddhist that meditates silently 3 months a year, he knows consciousness is a mystery. Its Brave New World dude, Aldous Huxley hated technology.

[@lillysnet9345]

@@Ryan-lo1kg What you call "meld" is happening for thousands of years. It is just different narrative. Shamans call them "shapeshifters"... and if the Spirit can live in you than the same Spirit can live in AI too...

[@a.p.9899]

This guy is dangerous to humanity. Vague interpretation of history and humans. Hackable animal without a soul? And we have to trust some radical mind just because he is using word Democracy in every sentence?

[@vickiezaccardo1711]

@@a.p.9899 You have to listen to him through several of his talks. He is not pro for this transhumanism. ( I thought that at first, too) He is concerned about it and has fears about it. He feels based on what the technocrats and scientists, and perhaps military intelligence are doing that it may be inevitable and wants us to have solutions for the problems that will face us. I do think he is a humanitarian. That being said, I totally disagree with him about the COV8D narrative. Perhaps he was unaware of the many political layers surrounding it. My research included many renowned Drs and scientists, and other experts around the globe.

[@a.p.9899]

@@vickiezaccardo1711 I totally understand your point and admit that in many of his interviews he is positioning himself opposed to ... his own radical ideas. This is very perplexing at first glance, but if you see what he says and then what his elite friends do (backing his ideas that he is initially opposing) the picture becomes more clear. Now this is perhaps a "conspiracy theory" that what he would call it. But this actually can be backed by statistics. Most of his lectures are on business and political forums. We are talking about a radical historian that is somehow overtaking major platforms and somehow able to take hours of our attention over so many fields: medical, economical, business, politics, humanity. His is of no significant importance as a historian or as a scientist! Radicalizing is not inventing. Now putting all that into one file, I can honestly say that in my opinion this person is nothing more but a leader of some sect. And the more I hear his talks and lectures, the more I follow his steps - the more I am sure about it.

[@fredgarvinMP]

This guy is Klaus Schwab's spiritual guru.

[@tessapuccini9788]

Well, indeed...he makes such a point regarding the "conspirationist" people...I mean who would ever believe that the billionaires want more money?, Who would ever believe that billionaires want less people in the world?, Who would ever believe that a philantropist are alsi eugenetists? That is itterly nonsense of course ! I mean those huge NGO' s around the world are really ONLY about charity, they would NEVER, ever seize for money laundry, they really have into their hearts helping poor people and caring for mothers and babies.... They would bever, ever would be seeking to promote abortion, no for goodness sake, they are such love for the poor...

[@banshadow9771]

@@tessapuccini9788 You got it. They are doing all this for the love of humankind. That's why they're called philanthropists. Jeffrey and his friends also just wanted to be nice to little girls, everything else was just a misunderstanding. Fortunately, we defeated Iraq, otherwise Saddam would have become the ruler of the world with his weapons of mass destruction. Long live Western democracy!

[@GiuseppinaMabiliaVP]

@@tessapuccini9788 are you joking or really believe what you say? Because it's kind of weird.

[@tessapuccini9788]

@@GiuseppinaMabiliaVP it was all ironic of course !!! It is indeed absolutely the contrary.... Philantropist = Gain more power & money behind a veil of "good doing"...

[@peaceandlove544]

Evil guru

[@sonderingkayla]

I would love to see Yuval on the show more often. Such a brilliant mind.

[@geodsinclas2389]

Nah. Is is pretty stupid promoting that white people should forget their differences (womens' rights, minorities' rights, environmental protection, healthcare, social security) and pretend to be the unity at the cost of minorities', womens' and natures' rights. In short: he is pretty stupid but you are even more stupid.

[@sonderingkayla]

@@geodsinclas2389 I did not get that conclusion from this interview. I don't know of Yuval's other stances or beliefs outside of what I've seen in this video. If he has those beliefs, I don't agree with that and wouldn't want to listen to more of that rhetoric. Also, it's pretty ridiculous that you assume I'm stupid based on one comment online. I appreciate you offering your input about Yuval but that bit was completely unnecessary and undermines the rest of your comment.

[@joanne4758]

@@sonderingkayla Yes - It really brings Yuval message home -- the threat is not from abroad - it is in Americas own back yard. If you cannot respect your neighbour or someone who's posts a comment - it is a ticking bomb. Regards (N.Z.)

[@tonyparkerr1]

@@geodsinclas2389 100 he brainwashed those new generation the guy stole karl Marx idea is all about corporation religion is the opiate they call him the new prophet he doesn't want to take responsibility he lives his desire too much another zoinest following his zoinest cousin karl Marx

[@tonyparkerr1]

Dont let those new atheists brainwash ya kids you better of listening jordan Peterson the guy at least talks about commen sense those new generation dont have commen sense anymore and dont want responsibility they prefer to listen to fictional stories from a guy who had child issues he fall in love with the colour pink and later he said kids let's all follow our desire and the colour dont take responsibility basically follow john locke ideas as long as your not harming trust me those new atheists including sam Harris are punch of sheeps they just wearing the same underwear as schopenhauer if you like nihilism follow them if you like responsibility follow religion is either philosophy or religion a Devine revelation the same people who said religion is opiate of the masses got rid of religion and now literally spreading opiate white powder cia is the biggest cocian suppliers television isms religion in fact religion suppost to wake people up

[@lukrecja2102]

Thank you for sorting out my Christmas gifts dilemma. Book bought! 🙏👍

[@jeramiecartwright4580]

Yeah, have HIM on every week to brainwash sheep into obedience

[@Codetutor-DemystifyCoding]

Reading his book is like acquiring a kind of X-ray vision to see through the bull shit that we keep getting served by media, politicians & bankers. His book basically makes you question lot of your belief system and moral compass in most persuasive manner. It's a brilliant read.

[@skynet4496]

Except when it comes to vaccines , he can't see his own narrow belief system. The cv vaccines are chock full of issues and are barely tested, due to emergency exceptions. They also have full immunity from lawsuits and only one other industry has that, nuclear. They cover up deaths and are not responsible. The irony is that in sapiens, he explained how humans naturally adapted to viruses.

[@odiousfox355]

@@skynet4496 You do realize that we adapted to viruses by dying in droves?

[@skynet4496]

@@odiousfox355covid , flu, chicken pox, and so on are the weak viruses that they "cured" look at the graph of polio, and tetanus... They dropped before the vaccines. Never a vaccine has stopped the deaths. Now you go get your barely tested covid shot... and they're immune from lawsuits since 1986. confidence inspiring?

[@danielpacheco6766]

@@skynet4496 I think you’re the one that can’t see your narrow belief system. Denying the impact of pox, and polio vaccines? Give us and yourself a break, and put down your tin foil hat and essential oils. Stop trying to deny some of the remarkable healthcare progress that we made in the past century through the development of vaccines.

[@skynet4496]

@@danielpacheco6766 uh guess what, those vaccines were developed before pharma got immunity from law suits... That's why they were tested properly. Anyway, if you care to look... Polio dropped quickly before the vaccine lol. But feel free to take more shots but fk you for making others take them you boot licking authoritarian follower

[@tubedoggo]

Very insightful thank you James!

[@under88Me]

Wow James is so humble in this video. I would like to see this side of him more.

[@cevcena6692]

That's because he is dealing with a legit genius

[@JennyBrie2006]

@@cevcena6692 woah, Satan's son is a genius? 😜 Say good bye to your free will. He'll chip you like a dog if you let him. You'll live in the city crowded in like rats and own nothing and be happy while slurping on your bug juice. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu6fKtsidyNo7c

[@avineshblah5739]

I've been reading his book during these lockdown and recomend this to everyone this guy is amazing

[@everyrose3225]

A few years ago I read Sapiens and Homo Deus, and during lockdown, 21 lecciones (I dont know the title in English), so good books, I recommend

[@wesleym7176]

I definitely could listen to Yuval speaking all day long. His explanation of complex things are totally easy to understand. It is a gift.

[@jorgegomez524]

that’s why probably aren’t true. reality is complex.

[@a.p.9899]

That is why it is a trap. The reality is perhaps not easy, but that's why you live, to figure out the right thing for yourself through choice. Now Harari ideology ignores your right to exist. His ideology is dangerous to humanity.

[@clairewhite5789]

Antichrist wef shill

[@lewis1544]

I think you missed the 'r' off the last word.

[@StanzaTseng]

His shirt is shining!

[@usssanjacinto1]

This didn't age well

[@justinigoe2969]

World Economic Forum. This guy is quite dangerous and plans to live forever while we "own nothing any be happy until we die out."

[@RonnyC880]

I think he understands everything so we'll because he planned it.

[@jakejake7289]

One of my favorite authors.

[@sukhmanicambridge]

Re his covid comments: Why oh why is there NEVER ANY mention of our immune system in these little chats...yes these dna viruses are around but in general most of us are ok because...hey...we have an internal mechanism for dealing with it...it’s that common...our body deals with stuff all the time. I’d LOVE to hear even half of these discussions focusing on how absolutely great our immune system is and how we can work to IMPROVE ITS PERFORMANCE!! The absence of fear is no.1 for instance. Very disappointed Noah didn’t take the opportunity to at least mention this aspect.

[@botondattilaboros]

Transhumanists are more interested in what they expect to replace humanity than in things that keep humans alive.

[@sukhmanicambridge]

@@botondattilaboros we do need to keep them on track though don’t we- or at least try!

[@botondattilaboros]

@@sukhmanicambridge What do you mean?

[@nsg6225]

He is brainwashed by Klaus Schwab, he thinks he is better than G-d. Thinks he can change peoples DNA. Sounds like a rotten person.

[@arvindprasanna5098]

I see a lot of people appreciating his books and recommending it to others to read them; being amused of his wisdom and clarity of his thoughts; just being priviliged to listen/ watch his talks/ videos. What they fail to notice is the fact that he has been practising Vipassana meditation for more than a decade or two now which has helped him shape the way he is now! He stresses the importance of knowing ourselves better in almost all his videos. No better time than now to start putting earnest efforts in that direction.

[@skynet4496]

Except when it comes to vaccines , he can't see his own narrow belief system. The cv vaccines are chock full of issues and are barely tested, due to emergency exceptions. The irony is that in sapiens, he explained how humans naturally adapted to viruses.

[@clairewhite5789]

Klaus Schwab puppet

[@tamidabrockington1708]

@Arvind Prasanna - it's the deep level of deception cloaked in earthly wisdom/knowledge, charm, and philanthropy. That's exactly how they pulled the plandemic off...and they'll do it again! Some see, some don't! 🙏🏽

[@thedailydao]

Fear is the antithesis of sharing the present in sense intent and mutual relevance regardless of our colour, culture, creed or apparent circumstance.

[@MegaTippy]

I love his accent!

[@Ben22377]

Sapiens is definitely one of the best books I've read in my life.

[@all15lov34]

Human will become synthetic, half robot, or mutant in the future.. Coz human never know when and where to stop. As u said, dont underestimate human stupidity

[@joannacooke9737]

Agree. These scholars think, that they’re saving humanity?Lol

[@jamesmay7392]

I wish this chat was longer.

[@klarastern5597]

awesome guy

[@suzesinger6762]

Because ...Jesus said, ' I did not come to bring peace - but a sword.' PEACE comes later.

[@DanielaVilu]

We should have more scientists in the media, instead of incompetent politicians... it might help one or two of us to see the world differently. Imagine that!

[@jarretta2656]

A scientist in media is a form of politician with more brain cells and a stronger aurora of trust.

[@brainstorm.in.a.teacup]

Can we get a list of the books on his shelves? I've figured out the majority, but some I can't quite make out

[@jonarudy]

Here are some... The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Gangster Warlords by Ioan Grillo How To Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan Congo by Michael Crichton Europe by Tim Flannery One of Steven Pinker's books The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder Who Owns The Future by Jaron Lanier The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal War and Gender by Joshua Goldstein Mama's Last Hug by Frans de Waal Kindred by Rebecca Wragg Sykes The Taste of Ashes by Marci Shore The Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach

[@goldpuneetsingh2489]

@@jonarudy some heroes don't wear capes

[@herwire]

@@jonarudy Thanks

[@yonatanbarak8348]

Some help with the Hebrew - He has what I think is the Hebrew version of Rutger Bregman’s “Humankind: A Hopeful History”

[@danzwku]

Get this man a shield! Ahem I mean get this man on Stephen Colbert

[@exhibitexpressevidence9919]

Fabulous!!!

[@carmenonea3800]

brilliant! time to trascend!!

[@ancientbuilds3764]

Dude. Why did you not ask him about becoming a Philosopher?

[@martinhanell4829]

He is one...

[@eckhartmaister4404]

Indeed, he makes philosophy in his books. Maybe without noticing.

[@asukabunthoambunlay4619]

Best advice I could offer is: Read Sapiens.

[@gangadharannadar258]

And also Homo Deus as well

[@PhilosophiConnect]

all Yuval's books are worth reading. Sapiens/Homo Deus /21 Lessons for the 21st Century .

[@jonesphilip]

Hoping he write his fourth book

[@skynet4496]

Except when it comes to vaccines , he can't see his own narrow belief system. The cv vaccines are chock full of issues and are barely tested, due to emergency exceptions. The irony is that in sapiens, he explained how humans naturally adapted to viruses.

[@satoshinakamoto7253]

The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

[@rfresa]

I agree so much about the idea of explaining science through stories! I grew up watching shows like the Magic School Bus.

[@crewalpha]

That's exactly what Harari is telling people: stories. Bad stories. Really bad stories. Just crap. Magic School Bus is for children. It's for people who can't or won't make the effort to actually understand things and instead prefer mediocre and easy blather.

[@Steel9k]

There are different ways of how to tell lies to people, how to manipulate from childhood. Of course world economic forum always tells the truth, and only the truth. Like hitler did.

[@greghill7759]

"Sapiens" isn't Harari's newest book. His newest book is "21 lessons" following "Homo Deus".

[@TavsMusick]

I really dispise the world people like Yuval are creating. This futurist mentality that a lot of very powerful people have now is going to damn us all.

[@certainperson9869]

Education is not the only answer to the problem of more people believing conspiracies. A lot of those believers have high education. It's about having common sense as to what's more likely, or believing what's painful. "Sapiens" is one of the first books I bought in the pandemic. It's illuminating. Am thinking getting the comic book version for young adults.

[@julianhumblegod6308]

tres bon commentaire very good comment

[@julianhumblegod6308]

so do you believe the transhuman conspiracy or your common sense says its probably not true? or maybe believing whats painful is hurting some people

[@sophieh8468]

That was a damn good talk! I found myself nodding along so many times - going to have to check out the book.

[@nixeed6380]

Seriously, all of Yuval's books are amazing. Check out 21 lessons for the 21st century and Homo Deus, too!

[@sophieh8468]

@@nixeed6380 thank you!

[@crewalpha]

@@nixeed6380 You have to be extraordinarily dense to find Harari intelligent and interesting.

[@alanevans9552]

We don't really know what the truth is, Because we lie to each other about everything...

[@andro3041]

That's why sensoring information is important to protect you from liars

[@tariqkhan7696]

"My husband is Ok". . . . Comeon, you can't trust this one

[@bilbobaggins7490]

Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli professor of history, was born on 24 February, 1976 in Kiryat Ata City in Israel. Harari was raised in Haifa, which is the third largest city in Israel in a profane Jewish family with Lebanese and Eastern European origin. He attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1993 to 1998, where he specialized in medieval and military history. Harari later joined Jesus College, Oxford, where he completed his doctorate in 2002 (Harari np). He also attended postdoctoral studies in history in Yad Hanadiv, an Israeli philanthropic Foundation funded by the Rothschild family.

[@DianneWilderASMR]

Oh the Dongo Phongo nearly rolling from brain to body, while interviewing Harari. Damn, the world we live in!

[@iljakramer4105]

great

[@theav2000]

Great book and I love Yuval's views and explanations on most subjects BUT I think he is off about conspiracies a bit. Granted, many people might have trouble understanding complicated things, but the real problem I think is the lack of transparency and openness about what governments are doing, what secret deals are being made without including the public etc. We tend to project our fears and our past experiences onto the unknown, and conspiracy theories are just that: our fears projected onto the things that governments don't reveal. Total transparency would be the antidote to all this.

[@shiva_productions]

yes!!

[@JennyBrie2006]

Don't stop at his books. There are loads of videos. Here is a short one giving a window into his philosophy of free will. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu6fKtsidyNo7c

[@chiranthiem.k.h.1597]

1:23 "absence of violence" Just wait a month more Harari 😅

[@carolienduursma3906]

I find the subtitles very disturbing for their inaccuracy. Who’s responsible? Can they be removed?

[@anderslarsen6009]

You can remove them yourself.

[@ashley-GX3]

They're done automatically by a computer iirc. You can turn them off by going to the right hand upper corner and hitting the [cc] button.

[@carolienduursma3906]

@@ashley-GX3 thanks!

[@emilie1370]

I've spotted a few mistakes in the English subtitles. I wonder who did them

[@peterhamann6272]

Artificial Intelligence did it. It is too expensive nowadays to pay a human translator. 😀

[@rigbi889]

James is an outstanding listener. Respect!!!

[@therearenofactsonlyinterpr3780]

Such brilliant take on nationalism... Best take on nationalism in recent memory..... Simple, logical, thorough....

[@bounty1402]

His shirt is gorgeous

[@raresmircea]

The graphic form would be a fantastic way to open the minds of children to our history 🤘

[@tahreerhussain3898]

We encounter 50 to 60 thousands thoughts every single day of which 90% are negative and 10% positive.

[@tdnnngbo65]

Source???

[@maschamulder2640]

I fail to understand all the praising reactions to this man's talk. In my view he misses a huge important part of being human. I think somewhere in all his meditation he got lost in a fantasy, an illusion about reality and possibilities of human life on this planet and he lost the connection with being alive on this planet. As a part of nature. I see and hear him as someone who got lost in a certain story he is now telling himself and others. But that is my first impression . I never read his books...

[@JennyBrie2006]

Books? The guy is a creepy thing without a conscience kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu6fKtsidyNo7c

[@angelofiron4366]

He is a complete total psychopath who wants to create a huge disruption in human conditions and human societies.

[@Nina-oi1qk]

Typical of today's world; a whole judgment of someone without reading his books, based on a conversation of a few minutes

[@JennyBrie2006]

@@Nina-oi1qk typical that you aren't noticing that maybe it's not on just one video anyone is basing an opinion. The guy is a nut job. Watch more of his videos, particularly World Economic Forum ones before you judge others opinion that clashes with yours. This interview does not do justice to this maniac.

[@JennyBrie2006]

@@Nina-oi1qk oh and Yuval says your free will is OVER

[@priscila4686]

James tell us already the reunion date

[@vorpalmatress9944]

How is it possible that there are so many people who do not recognize his salesman conversation?

[@banshadow9771]

Ignorance and brainwashing ... Fake comments and of course the cult of stupidity. Welcome to 2021 - At least he didn't talk about useless people today, but he will surely do so at the next World Economic Forum, when he will again "discuss" with his good friends (Klaus, Bill, Mark, ...) how to get rid of all the useless eaters. People believe the stuff like they believed the priests in the last centuries

[@denizb.4142]

Just read all of his books. This guy is really amazing

[@OldTerrible]

Yea like an antichrist

[@clairewhite5789]

He's nothing but a Klaus Schwab puppet

[@JennyBrie2006]

Do you value your own free will? This is him on that subject kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu6fKtsidyNo7c

[@ephremmekonenn240]

always wonderful explanation "resurgence of nationalism "

[@ian1953]

I'll stream all your videos 🙂

[@dalequadros2535]

Day 10 of asking James to kidnap or hand out zoom ids to the 1D members

[@alejandranovello3274]

Briilliant AND modest. Yuval Hariri Is the perfect Sapiens. Let s not die out. Let stop technology🙏

[@mehrshadmasaebi6231]

Conspiracy theorist are not misinformation!many conspiracy theories came to be true!!!just sayin

[@linusleanderfriberg4074]

U have to be just as critical to “conspiracy theories” as “governmental truths”

[@gabyreiss3100]

Shalom Yuval..what a brilliant man

[@sridharfc]

What a brilliant mind! I can listen to him all day and won't be bored!

[@floras2030]

So true! I got my undergrad degree in genetics then went on to do cultural/language exchange work. I soon find that scientific concepts I take for granted are foreign to everyday people, that includes my husband with a postgrad degree. It's eye opening when you move out of your circle and have to explain these things to others.

[@TheDionysianFields]

We need liaisons.

[@notperfectbutstillbeautifu2077]

Honestly, surprisingly yes. One of my acquintances, who actually very very smart, took social major in his high school & double bachelor degree, he loves to watch political debates every single day (but never bothered to learn bout his own chronic illness). He also reject to believe on clinical psychology because he thinks it's myths, or a form of excuses to society. He took "information technology" for his master degree which happened in faculty of engineering, but because of that, he thinks he already know it all about both fields; science & society. He always thinks he's aware of everything that's happening in the world. It frustates me, as someone who took science & engineer path, to watch how he thinks, develop logics, conclude only based on political debates, his own assumptions & his own ideology of society. I can't help but seen him as ignorant 😅 but if i think long enough i realized one of the reasons is his basic concept of logics is totally different with how scientific approach that we've been used to. ..the same with my aunts who took non scientific paths. Giving understanding with how something should be thought, considered or decided in scientific concept is really struggling. All their priority is what people say, what people thinks, how society works blabla.. and those all processed in nature.

[@gloriaetes2238]

Fascinating conversation, but the subtitles, in many cases, don't match the words Yuval Noah Harari is speaking!

[@gustavowong1905]

Well, I , of course, understand James is not a scientist, but got the feeling he coulda made an effort to be better prepared to ask more interesting questions.

[@LAM_AUT_ECU]

Bright mind!

[@akos00097]

Would love to see more guests and conversations like this! Thank you!

[@crewalpha]

You mean more idiots?

[@agnesberes4084]

Can't there be a third option,though?To stop making artificial intelligence?I think I'm being naive. This is so sad.

[@clarissagafoor5222]

The whole world has gone bonkers!

[@suzesinger6762]

YuuuuuuP !!!! WHO WANTS TO BE A ROBOT !?!? ;)))))))))))

[@jakerampersad7522]

my husband is ok....that explained stuff

[@aminadavdvir]

Love from Israel

[@CalinFR]

Haha, I am sure when James said that we may dissapear in a century we all thought something different. Luckly Yuval explained that we may evolve into something else, which is totally different

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

We will evolve into cyborgs.

[@CalinFR]

@@melisentiapheiffer3034 Something like that. Aliens could be a possibility too :))

[@martesmarsden6270]

What do it mean , hating foreigners is fine ? Hate is never fine it only causes pain and exploitation , children are not born with hate , we teach children to hate , that is our main problem today , instead of realising that we are all one family, who come with nothing and will leave with nothing , some of us continue to think that some are much better than others . No wonder we are in the mess we are in today .

[@Gutiman18]

Does someone actually hear that the guy literally said homo sapiens Will cease to exist due to an alien AI species? Corona context related...

[@lsb9073]

He did NOT say anything about aliens- AIs or otherwise. Nor did he say Sapiens WILL cease to exist. He constantly talks of the possible directions that Sapiens could go in and the probable directions we will take given our past histories and our present preoccupations. He doesn't make predictions but points out the likely outcomes of our present pursuits- eg an amalgamation of bioengineering and AI, in order to warn us and challenge us into doing something different so as to prevent the worst outcomes.

[@nathanschmidt7115]

"people have opinions and sometimes argue"... wow brilliant insight. i would say this guy is a pseudo intellectual but that's giving him too much credit

[@jonesphilip]

Very insightful person. His book really opened my eye and changed my way of thinking about our world.

[@JennyBrie2006]

Oh he will try to change your thinking alright 😜 if he has his way, he'll put a chip in your head and hack your brain. Pure evil this one is kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu6fKtsidyNo7c

[@madisonkonesky2745]

I love the late late show❤❤❤

[@suzesinger6762]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeell...as SpongeBob would say, 'HAVE FUN WITH THAT' !!! GOD will not - be mocked. ;)

[@doinacampean9132]

How can you go through high school and not know what a virus is? Not a rhetorical or disparaging question.

[@alekz112]

Generations leading up to and including the millennials went to school at a time when being knowledgeable was considered 'uncool'. These people are now adults and in control of our governments and corporations. Hence the currently frightening world.

[@doinacampean9132]

@@alekz112 - well, not *my* generation, although I couldn't convince my 2nd grade son to learn multiplication table - none of his "peers" knew it... now, more than a decade later he knows most of it, but still... It totally sucks, but I had no idea it goes so far back into the past...

[@alekz112]

@@doinacampean9132 You can't have been born earlier than in the 70s, if you have a 7-8 year old child. You might have been lucky to escape the stigmatization of 'nerds' and 'geeks'. Although I must say that males tend to do it far more aggressively than females.

[@doinacampean9132]

@@alekz112 - *now, more than a decade later* ... :) anyway, I think that nerds and geeks is a North American thing - which is not where I spent my formative years - lucky, I guess.

[@alekz112]

​@@doinacampean9132 Ah I totally missed that crucial bit of info there, sorry about that. Yeah it's a pretty USAian thing, and a lot of the world tends to mirror that culture. I'm happy your childhood was unfettered by that nonsense :)

[@FakingANerve]

Are we really at the point where to communicate ideas to people we have to create a comic book ... about a reality tv show? 😔

[@ashishdev5151]

Well, that's the thing right. Humans aren't evolving biologically. If we want to survive in this world for long, we have to radically increase the knowledge base of the planet. But that can't happen under the present situation. Thus, Yuval talks about the fact that if we want to survive, we might have to transform into something unimaginable.

[@telectronix1368]

'We are story telling creatures'

[@noratahiri4361]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoDRmGyNerxjg80

[@rstrid5505]

@@ashishdev5151 "Humans aren't evolving biologically." Um, what?!

[@TheDionysianFields]

Yes.

[@Eleiba]

So weird to see James so serious

[@MrBibibip]

"My husband is OK" Me:WTF

[@paulschnyder938]

me too!

[@sheiladawson1648]

WOW imagine that, there are gay people that are married?

[@TheHSoko]

There is usually some truth to conspiracy theories...

[@TheDionysianFields]

Yes, but they're always meant to incite paranoia, which isn't helpful.

[@TheHSoko]

@@TheDionysianFields I think you always need to think with your own brain...but often there is some truth to "crazy ideas". Trust your own God-given intelligence and intuition when learning something new or following a hunch.

[@notperfectbutstillbeautifu2077]

That's because mixing truth with lies is the best way to get people believe in conspirancy theories or any arguments..specially for the naive ones. Take the truth as truth, and leave the lies that usually are meant to trigger people's fear or paranoia behind. There's no need to believe the mixture form. People need to train to be independent thinker & has their own values.

[@katymeigs5290]

@@notperfectbutstillbeautifu2077 mixing truth with lies is the way to get people to doubt themselves and ignore obvious conspiracies around them

[@johnvillanueva7690]

That was a damn good inspirational speech.

[@crewalpha]

Nah

[@dianemurray6550]

The portion of the Book about the Agricultural Revolution is mind blowing. Man did not domesticate wheat; wheat domesticated man.

[@analoguedragon7438]

Correction: Dr. Harari is not a scientist.

[@shiva_productions]

Harari 2020: "It's much easier to think that some billionaires created it in some laboratory in order to take over the world" WHO 2021: We haven't ruled out that this virus was made in a lab. It's a possibility. HararI: Lesson: Don't put Harari up on a pedestal. He knows a hell of a lot, and his books are amazing. But he doesn't know the truth of the corruption that goes on in the world. Bless his innocent heart. And what did Harari write about cooperation among chimps? Something along the lines that you can't get more than 50 chimps to cooperate. A trust issue? Surely we have our number limit too?

[@noraplowshay8784]

His main goal is to turn people against believing in God. There is proof the virus was created in a lab. He thinks just because a virus is what it is that people couldn't have created it. Just shows how gullible the steeple are.

[@haysumkhan5388]

What i liked that; scientist should make effort to tell people the science as a story because we humans tell stories and we like stories ...

[@gemmafarquhar5479]

I dispute the word devisive ,i prefer deceptive