Yuval Noah Harari Gives the Penguin Annual Lecture in India

Yuval Noah Harari discusses the three biggest historic achievements of humanity and the three biggest challenges facing us in the 21st century.
The Penguin Annual Lecture is one of the most prestigious cultural events in India. In previous years it has been delivered by the likes of the Dalai Lama, Dan Brown and Priyanka Chopra.
Continue watching the second half of this event - an interview with a journalist and audience Q&A: bit.ly/ynh-PAL-InterviewQA

[@e-rambler4910]

As always, a fantastic talk. I am 27 and from central Mississippi, a southern state many believe glued to the past. I will be launching a podcast soon speaking the lingo of us southerners, the well spoken folks like Sam Harris and Yuval do not translate or sell well to folks over here who still believe in God, but crave to not be left behind. We need immerisive content to help people prepare for and actually remodel themselves for the 21st Century. I believe as a lay person who understands this intellectually heavy content from our leading thinkers, I can help translate it to practical applications and knowledge for folks here in my area of the world. Also physical engagement will be of utmost importance. A global coalition must be birthed at a local level first. Keep the enriching information coming Yuval, i am all ears and enjoy listening to you speak!

[@mykobe981]

That's a great idea. Good luck!

[@e-rambler4910]

@@mykobe981 Maybe. Thank You. 👍😎

[@ShadyRonin]

Dude I LOVE this idea so much. I have had literally this exact thought - how do we translate Yuval's amazing speeches to people who are engrained in entirely different cultures / mindsets. I'm also from the US and technically from the South, and have had similar concerns that these important issues are completely lost on people in the South who already feel left behind (and yet may be impacted very harshly as a result of technological changes ahead). I love your idea so much that if you started a patreon or something, I would seriously donate to you a bit just to help. Whatever we can do to get more people educated and thinking critically and involved in this conversation, the more it helps us all have a chance. We have HUGE problems on the horizon as a species and most people seem to have barely a clue as to what is coming. We need everyone working together to figure out solutions, whether it's UBI, or overhauling capitalism, or whatever makes the most sense. We need to wake people up before it's too late, so that their voices can be a part of a global and educated and cooperative debate. Cooperation is the key word here - forget all this "America first" brainwashing, we need a "Survival of Human Species First" policy and we need to get the average person everywhere on board! Anyway, I love your idea and I REALLY hope you do it. You could make a serious impact here man and we need more people like you to stand up and say something. Every single decision matters as the road is dire ahead.... Seriously, keep me posted if you make this happen!!!

[@silberlinie]

e-rambler, The answer to the question how to reach people in your area of the world who still believe more in God and His omnipotence than in the coming real AI God, how to reach these people, is not very difficult to answer. You do it according to a method that has been tried and tested for ages. You take the existing, you transform it, you give your adapted new gospel the right swirl, hype and modernity. That is, just as the voodoo faith remained with these believers after the Christianization, so you leave the people in your area their faith in God and his omnipotence. But you change it and adapt it to your ideas. That has always worked in the past. That's how the Jews with the older Egyptian content came out. Just as then the Christian one emerged from the Jewish one. And the Islamic from old desert faith. And the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses from the Christian. And so on. To do that, of course, a high art is required. At least you need a charismatic spirit, a stirring leader.

[@e-rambler4910]

@@silberlinie Interesting. AI will not be the God. We, humans, we are the ape-Gods who will merge with AI (Neural Lace) and modify our bods, say with machine parts and genetic control/editing. We will simply become more powerful. Those who see themselves for what they are will have power beyond measure, those who cannot will suffer. Take all the past and current sh*t going on and amplify that - and that is the future. A wild, wild west of Space. I do agree one way to reach folks is with a novel twist on ancient stories. However, I am perfectly happy to let some folks remain in the ruts they remain in, because I am not going to play game of thrones with stories and old ideas. I am interested in a real-life, practical assessment of our situation and every-moment, everyday solutions and bridges. There will always be some left behind, the goal for me is helping those who want better and will do what it takes, learn whateves and be dynamically skilled for moment-noticed changes. Its complicated to explain in a short text reply on YT, but I think the jist of what I am saying will ring some bells. Ultimately, my aim is the WH with a new architecture of modern Democratic representative government. The overwhelming change required will demand a coalition of global citizens properly aligned for the realities of our new era. Together, a majority of us can launch Humanity in the Space Age on a solid footing. New problems are welcome.

[@lukmanulhakeem1261]

Hi Yuval, it's really nice to read you. You have taken us in to the unimagined level of thoughts. Have completed reading all your books. And really appreciate your efforts and expecting the more.

[@ImranAliIMNUMBERONE]

This here is a very wise man.

[@mokhdummushrafi5207]

Prof. Harari, my adoration of you has been articulated in my self composed poem. This is devoted to you Let us not hack the mind of man (Devoted to Prof Yuval Harari) Let us not hack the mind of man. Let us not twist him, torment him and throw him to despair. Let us not make his history a history of barbarism, tragedy and horror.. Let us make man’s ascendance a celebration, a testimony of wonders, a whisper that unknown will be wrapped by in the expanse of time. Let us cause gardens in the nooks and zones in his heart to blossom flowers of colors and joy and springs of ways to materialize new dreams everyday. Let him be free and to be wherever. Let him be whatever and let him be together, together and together in breathing and action and in communications. Let us adore man and embrace him.. Let us explore heavens in him and glories and promise for others. Let us not teach him but learn from him what is better and good and what is light and beauty. Let us not make him alone. Let us give him time, intimate moments more and more. For him let us make reason be married with soul. *** *** 4.1.19 Prof.Dr.Mokhdum Mushrafi

[@ArielBerdugo]

Hear Hear Professor Mushrafi !!!

[@tafri961]

Welcome sir, India is delightful...

[@RashidKapadia]

Yuval Noah Harari, explainer extraordinaire, through his clear thinking, analytical prowess, creative + courageous communication, brilliant books, and these global lecture series / Q&A sessions, is doing some of the most important work of our era. He is the model global citizen, humble, thoughtful, broad-minded, and very persuasive. We would do well to listen carefully, and support the solutions he recommends. Thank you for posting and sharing.

[@rinildominic935]

You are an eye opener and a life changer for many people.Your books changes ones perspective of how they see the world.Things are much easy now.

[@thewickinator]

FINALLY A NEW YUVAL VIDEO

[@abhaysharma9317]

Neuval video.

[@ramkrushnasaner3875]

You are great sir ,I love you

[@wwj2391]

Great as always! Brazil needs your message. Thank you for the directions and concise deepness.

[@RafaelSantos-xl1ut]

From Brazil. Preparing some lectures while getting updated by this talk. Thanks.

[@macarius8802]

Incredible insights. Thank you for the clarity Yuval.

[@leonylopez4604]

Hello! Good evening. I watch your videos over and over because I love them. I hope to read your book.

[@karaioscar]

como sempre, excelente palestra...

[@sidchandran5057]

Moral of the lecture : Never underestimate human stupidity.

[@cozmick8202]

Thank you for your work, professor. I've read your three books, agree with almost everything and use some topics as talking points during lunches. I'm keen to understand your point of view of money's and the monetary system's evolution and pathway into the future. You've mentioned the currency is one of the forces that pushes corporation among sapiens. If the resources that give value to money is destroyed due to ecological collapse then it possibly can cause the return of war?

[@niterunner9979]

No, professor. Thank you for sharing with us a such important teachings...

[@LindaPow]

positive speech Yuval..... UK is under fire......keeping it peaceful

[@barumbadum]

He is good. I've just read his 2 books and they are great.

[@lolobotius]

You and Elon Musk are my top favourite people on this planet.

[@vaultsjan]

Forget your family and work 90 hrs a week?

[@krshah2008]

@@vaultsjan lmao man

[@reputationcardigan3175]

Him and space Karen?

[@nityanandsarkar8054]

Same here

[@mulliganfree1581]

Prof Harari, your views are profound and your books stimulating and enlightening. Have a curiosity on subject of AI and hope to hear or learn about your views on the matter: will AI and future intelligent machines be still running on electricity or other forms of energy (assuming that they still need some form of energy to operate). Would love to hear your views in your future talks and literary works.

[@Pasanius92]

Very good speech. Y.N.H. certainly knows how to break down important information in bits that everybody can understand. It is also interesting that the picture of the useless class at around 18:00 only shows faces of the male gender (might not be intended?)

[@user-bi6fg9iy6o]

הרצאה מאלפת !!!!!! אפשר להוסיף ומפחידה !!!

[@Lena-hn3dh]

Yuval, I've gone vegan because of you. Thank you for your effort in thinking and writing your books :-)

[@garth2356]

I wish more people could know what nationalism really means, Yuval Noah Harari is a Legend. These talks can't be posted on KZbin for free, people will easily be willing to pay good sums of money to listen to this guy!

[@chefmguessefeld]

Another amazing talk from arguably the preeminent thinker of our time!

[@lunamack5218]

I love you, your clarity and your wisdom. But I never managed to understand what do you mean by bodies, brains and minds? Can you elaborate more on that?

[@RafaelSantos-xl1ut]

4:38 Loved it!!!

[@eriksyring]

_Pre_-history was extremely peaceful.

[@ROBERTBROWN090564]

Have you got that in writing?

[@miltoncesar4554]

Es importante entender el asunto de la cooperacion global, sin embargo el gen de la supervivencia nos hace ser egoistas, debemos ser concientes de nuestra debilidades para poder controlarlas y asi trabajar en cooperacion global.

[@jesuis316]

We seemed to be fixed on the notion that Work is the raison d'être for living.And AI may soon render the concept of work( for earning your bread)redundant.The seemingly eternal burden of Work will soon be taken off the shoulders of human race. But the question is will that eventuality make humans useless,as Yuvan points out,or will it make us ,at last,free to pursue our true potential as humans? Freed from the constraints of being earning members always. AI compounded with the predictions on longevity really make living a daunting task,if not for my generation then surely for my kids'

[@schwaarnkreddy7805]

Yeswanth ji, ,the first two paragraphs of your observations are absolutely bang on and have been the bane of human existence since Time Immemorial and despite the so-called leaps and quantum leaps of progress over time in the world, humans have been numbed into thinking that 'work is worship', by generations,never letting them truly relax and take it easy without the burden of guilt!And all things pleasurable,tasty, leisurely,feel-good or/and delicious are invariably branded bad, unhealthy and damaging to life. Scripturally,when Adam partook of the forbidden fruit Eve handed, they both were 'punished' by God "to eat only by the sweat of their brow"(hardwork)for the rest of their and their descendants' life! That punishment seems to have permeated into every human psyche right across the world ever since!!

[@leonoradompor8706]

Amen

[@vaishnavigupta9111]

What? When? Where??

[@morceasebeasley8385]

Human choice of the possibilities should give all of us pause given our predisposition to choose selfishly.

[@ourcollectiveinsanity]

except 795 millions of humans (the biggest number in history) suffer from hunger every year...when we have produced the wealthiest class ever recorded in history...

[@raresmircea]

@Computer Simulated Atomic Coded Reality - This 3 min clip and the accompanying statistic are among the most amazing things i've ever saw - medium.com/@rares_mircea_82/even-if-you-were-to-spend-a-million-dollars-a-day-you-would-still-have-to-wait-2-736-years-to-go-c70888766d

[@diyonagiri8054]

This are the content on Homo sapiens and Homo deus . I just loved those books!!

[@morceasebeasley8385]

Why should economic growth be the number one value? Can and how will we change our number one value or priority of economic growth?

[@OEHOEH100]

נחמד כהרגלך. בעיני התרחיש הראשון ודווקא אולי הכי פחות צפוי יתרחש. (התדרדרות למצב מלחמה) בעבר היו שני שחקנים ענק בזירת "תורת המשחקים" ארהב ורוסיה. כשגורבצ'וב וויתר על הנשק הגרעיני זה היה הדבר ההגיוני והנכון לעשות ואפילו צפוי לפי דוקטורינות שונות מתורת המשחקים (כגון השמדה הדדית מובטחת) היום בעולם מרובה שחקנים נניח 10-13 שחקנים על הלוח, בעוצמות משתנות, הסיכוי להגיון וסדר לפי תורת המשחקים משתנה. יותר מידי שחקנים. יותר מידי בריתות הפוכות וכוח במקומות לא צפויים. מכה אחת קלה בשיווי המשקל השברירי הזה, והכאוס הכלכלי שיתרחש יפוצץ את העולם והבועות המוניטוריות לסוגיהן ומאות מליונים ימותו. מה יקרה במצרים ובהסכם הנילוס? מה יקרה בטורקיה והכורדים? משחק בלתי אפשרי שעלול להצית אש בזירות רבות ובעלי השלכות כלכליות שאי אפשר לדמיין

[@v12v12v12v12]

Productive Effective Employment vs Change For New Stuff

[@pawelkapica5363]

I love his way to think and see the world. I want to point out though that "political famine" is worse than natural in my opinion, so I kind of disagree about the huge achievement there. People not being able to feed others due to natural disasters or being unable to grow and transport enough food is beyond our control. But having enough for everybody but not distributing food because of ideology or political reasons, shows that we have a huge problem with compassion and ethics. If we have systems in place that politically and ideologically keep us from caring for one another its time to abolish those systems. If we have systems that demand growth and competition for growths sake and at the cost of environmental destruction, then its time to abolish those systems. Also on an individual level it's time to question what we want and what we really need and not blindly follow the consumerism culture. most people don't realize how interconnected everything is and how much suffering our culture causes others and even ourselves. data in so many areas from psychology to econmy to environment shows that our culture is neither sustainable nor healthy. maybe it's time to wake up

[@hsingkao2024]

Professor Harari raises profound humanity questions, Andrew Yang provides solid political solutions, including UBI, VAT, democracy dollars, and 150 more policies.

[@danzwku]

GET ON JOE ROGANN

[@danzwku]

@Pool Bal regardless he has a huge audience and more people should listen to what he's saying

[@danzwku]

@Pool Bal much generalization

[@pandayashwani]

You are a new Prophet whether you acknowledge or not. Humans should follow you or not I can't predict but I would respect you like other Prophets who are now being worshiped.

[@EdPichete]

So basically the future would be a mixture of Terminator -Gattacca -1984 - Matrix - Brave new world. What a wonderful world!

[@veronicabasualdo8997]

Lagarde dijo recientemente temer represalias contra las élites porque no pagaron sus errores..... ningún dirigente debe considerarse de ningún grupo social más que el humano...y ante todo debe regirse por el amor a la humanidad y la naturaleza... demostrar modestia en su forma de vivir, humildad y sabiduría interior más allá del conocimiento que tenga de la situación económico política mundial...y obviamente determinación para influir positivamente en la historia y así poder torcer el rumbo autodestructivo que hemos tomado los seres humanos.

[@morceasebeasley8385]

Is global cooperation achievable given the current trend towards populism and nationalism without acknowledging the importance of globalism?

[@leonoradompor8706]

I am 100% sure predict Yuval will gain more weight and will look more most handsome !

[@Mzrati]

Yuval, continue speaking to the world and especially to power. WE need wisdom and not just "jumping to concussions"! BTW, using the word concussion is intentional.

[@chfgbp6098]

To me, the most important points made here are 1) there s only really one ideology now, that of economic growth; 2) this IS not compatible with enivronmental conservation given current technology And global Set up. 3) global solution s essential but not likely due to nationalism.

[@Constantinesis]

When everything will be made by robots and AI, i believe humans will make art and talk philosophy. That is an humanistic scenario for me...

[@joaodecarvalho7012]

I don't think that the end of wars is due to some greater wisdom developed throughout the 20th century. It is different from the end of famine and disease. These last two are the result of scientific and technological progress. I think the decline of the war is related to the development of market economies, and with it the decline of nationalism and society itself, and its replacement by individuals with no connection to each other but the market. It has a tragic point, and conservative thinkers understand it better than liberals. It is one aspect of modern life that is getting worse with time.

[@kaigogolin515]

interesting view point! What is your view on the the three challenges Yuval is talking about? Do you agree that we need global cooperation?

[@joaodecarvalho7012]

@@kaigogolin515 The challenges he highlights are real, but he neglects the moral and spiritual problems of the disintegration of society as a biological organism that constitutes an important part of our humanity. It is true that individual human organisms are free from the demanding and oppressive social constraints of the past. Two hundred years ago, for example, men killed each other in duels "just" for honor. This is good at the individual level, but at the social level, I am not sure. What I am sure is that humans are very social creatures, and they always lived in a complex social fabric that left very little room to individual identities. In psychology there is a name for this new kind of being: WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and Democratic), and they are different from everything that came before the industrial revolution. We are the weird exception to the thousands of years of humanity that came before us, and although the world we created is amazing, I think there is a price to be paid at the social level.

[@kaigogolin515]

João de Carvalho thank you for your response, I very much appreciate and agree with your standpoint. I heard/read about the weird people of western societies, makes a lot of sense to me. Where my perspective changes somewhat, or my questions to you is, why do you need to criticize him for not going that much into this specific detail? It could also be seen that Yuval, out of his field of expertise, lays out his perspective. It could be to us and educated people like you to build upon it. I feel often that we just go and look for the negative or not so perfect aspect in others. To come to a point.... what is your thought regarding a solution or way forward considering the arguments you brought forward? Thank you very much for your conversation. Kai

[@kaigogolin515]

João de Carvalho I just thought about something else. Could it be that our human emotional or instinctual condition barely changed since we left the trees? Could it be that we are consuming as if we still have to hoard and gather as much as possible to survive. This is exploited by industries you mirror the same behavior. What we need to do is learn our selves to be able and see through those cravings for security in material gain as outdated? We seem to have progressed our technologies and powers but couldn’t keep up to evolve with them. I feel like there is abundance and we don’t see it. ...Wired? We need to train our minds to see through our delusions and realize what is actually reality.

[@joaodecarvalho7012]

@@kaigogolin515 I think the problem of social structure is something Harari should be thinking about. As I said, almost every aspect of life is improving as history moves forward, with this important exception. And social structure is linked to spirituality and the meaning of life, which are things that some people complain about our civilization. I personally think that small autonomous communities are the way to go. The main political agents of a new advanced global civilization should be neither individuals, nor nation-states, but small communities or extended families. Our emphasis on the individual is a feature of WEIRD societies, which are not good representatives of the human being.

[@morceasebeasley8385]

Science will replace natural selection with intelligent design? The question seems to pre-suppose that intelligent design is new or not the impetus of man’s reign on earth.

[@syedatanbirasultana5397]

Do you think that's such things may happen in the future? Please let me know if you have any answers.

[@mpagimmicheal4780]

Never underestimate human stupidity.

[@ulka1218]

Jeśli zakażenia (czyt.wirusy)są mniejszym zagrożeniem niż np. rak, to jakie jest logiczne uzasadnienie ogłaszania pandemii/ locdown'ów "wirusowych", odcinających dostęp do pomocy medycznej ludziom chorym właśnie na nowotwory czy inne choroby oraz tzw. choroby starości? Jaki jest rzeczywisty cel pisanej historii nowego porządku świata?

[@davoodulhakeem9044]

We must be paid for digital footprints we left here in internet

[@MindandQiR1]

You must have been one of the people whose books Andrew Yang had read.

[@adlerharry3280]

cancer is not an old age disease... please actualize

[@jayl.6960]

Can we replace useless and stupid politicians particularly in my country?

[@v12v12v12v12]

Double Edge Of Money: Divorce And Marriage

[@lunamack5218]

Yuvali, I usually respect you and everything, but you are so dead wrong by not seeing the connection between suicides and other human's violence - suicides do not occur out of the blue, but usualy are a direct outcome of human violence projected towards the victim, from physical abuse to cybercbullying, in a lot of cases the victim sees in it the only outcome of dignity or the only way to relieve suffereing.

[@sallyjrwjrw6766]

My theory is that people who would have committed suicide in the past wound up dying from diseases or violence. If someone doesn't have a strong will to live and gets sick - well, they will die. Also, it doesn't seem like there was time to sit around and let internal demons drive you to suicide, you had to work. There wasn't a strong belief in being happy, but on working and being moral - happiness was for the afterlife.

[@stevejurgens9836]

Yuval doesn't know what he's talking about at all.

[@ttai3480]

Speaking of yourself, Steve?

[@stevejurgens9836]

@@ttai3480 No, but anybody with a superficial knowledge of the subjects Yuval speaks about knows that he knows very little.

[@syedatanbirasultana5397]

So u think that he is just manipulating us. I also feel that.

[@Rahul-rv7ed]

Syeda Tanbira Sultana To understand Yuval, first understand all kinds of sufferings in the world and then find their causes. Now, you’re ready to understand him.