Yuval Noah Harari on the origins of racism, the future of Israel and the dangers of AI

Update: 2021-10-29

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Yuval Noah Harari is one of the world's most famous public intellectuals, historians and writers. He is probably most famous for his book 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'.

His most recent book, 'Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilization' has just been published and offers a different way of telling the story of humankind for a younger audience.

Yuval talks to Krishnan about where racism comes from, what the recipe for a dictatorship is and why we should be very careful about how we used artificial intelligence.

Producer: Rachel Evans

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Yuval Noah Harari on the origins of racism, the future of Israel and the dangers of AI