Resource: Yuval Noah Harari

18 min

Pierre and Maureen introduce a resource:  Yuval Noah Harari.  

Listen to the end of the podcast and find out why Pierre is so happy.  :-) 

This podcast veers from Learning Conversation’s usual resources in physical, mental and spiritual health to consider human behavior from the beginning of time.  Yup - big subject!  

Yuval Harari takes on the history of humans masterfully. A professor at Hebrew University,  Harari received his PhD from Oxford University in history and social philosophy.  

Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind is a tour de force in describing humans behavioral effects. Insightful and scary.

Pierre and Maureen riff on the destructive qualities of human kind as puzzle pieces in the natural forces of creation and destruction that are universally present. 

Harari’s book, Sapiens, sold 25 million copies.  It reads like a page turning novel. The Guardian newspaper credits Harari with re-popularizing non-fiction.   Check him out. 

For reference, Harari’s books include:  

2014:  Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind;   

2016:  Homo Deus - A Brief History of Tomorrow; 

2018:  Twenty-Lessons for the Twenty-First Century; and 

2022:  Unstoppable Us - The True Story of Humans.