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Geoff Bennett: Yuval Noah Harari as a professor of history who is renowned for his broad and thought-provoking perspectives on human history. Harari, who is the bestselling author of “Sapiens,” ...

Yuval Noah Harari’s study of human communication may be anything but brief, but if you can make it to the second half, you’ll be both entertained and scared. By Dennis Duncan Dennis Duncan is the ...

He needs them. Harari might be, after the Dalai Lama, the figure of global renown who is least online. He doesn’t use a smartphone (“I’m trying to conserve my time and attention”). He meditates for ...

The bestselling author, philosopher and historian sees grim potential for AI to get out of control in the financial system. The unbridled use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial system ...

A curious blind spot limits the persuasiveness of many recent books warning of the threats and challenges of our AI revolution: They consistently fail to acknowledge the extent to which they are ...

Does the rise of artificial intelligence mean the decline—and even end—of Homo sapiens? That’s the question we posed to author, historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, who sees the potential for ...

Israeli historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari’s book Sapiens became an international bestseller by presenting a view of history driven by the fictions created by mankind. His later work Homo ...

Israeli historian and author Yuval Noah Harari has warned that artificial intelligence's (AI) ability to replicate intimacy can alter human relationships. The author, known for his bestselling books ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Yuval Noah Harari, the author of the bestseller "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind," returns with "Nexus: A Brief ...