A fairly long video, well really short one to explain a complex theory.Bear with it and adjust your mind.It's worth it.
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Imagination provoking stuff JB!
Funnily enough, I was listening to this bloke only this morning: BBC News 24 showed an interview with him from the Hay Festival of Literature.
I wasn't surprised to learn that Yuval Harari is a big fan of Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel" (a book I never hesitate to recommend to people at every opportunity). I think I'm going to have to get hold of a copy of Harari's "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind", because it sounds like the sort of book - as with "Guns, Germs and Steel" - that changes how you see the world...
I've not watched the vid yet but I know that TED has some great speakers on different subjects. I like coming across info or knowledge that can help us think outside of the box, thanks for posting
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Funnily enough, I was listening to this bloke only this morning: BBC News 24 showed an interview with him from the Hay Festival of Literature.
I wasn't surprised to learn that Yuval Harari is a big fan of Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel" (a book I never hesitate to recommend to people at every opportunity). I think I'm going to have to get hold of a copy of Harari's "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind", because it sounds like the sort of book - as with "Guns, Germs and Steel" - that changes how you see the world...
I just googles his book and oddly enough as I was watching BBC News this morning, I heard his name mentioned as one of the exhibitors at the Hay festival.
Pleased you guys thought it was worth listening too.
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Funnily enough, I was listening to this bloke only this morning: BBC News 24 showed an interview with him from the Hay Festival of Literature.
Heads-up: this interview is on News 24 right now.
I don't believe a word he says, he is fiction, a story. I hope he got paid in fictional dollars. 