Yuval Noah Harari

the First World War, the February Revolution, and so forth that led to the communist takeover, but it was such an unlikely event, and it happened.

the First World War, the February Revolution, and so forth that led to the communist takeover, but it was such an unlikely event, and it happened.

And history often takes, you know, there is a highway and there is a kind of sideway, and history takes the sideways many, many times.

And history often takes, you know, there is a highway and there is a kind of sideway, and history takes the sideways many, many times.

And history often takes, you know, there is a highway and there is a kind of sideway, and history takes the sideways many, many times.

Maybe it's an interplay because you have the kind of structural forces. that you look at the geography of the planet and you look at shipping technology in the late 15th century in Europe and the Mediterranean, and it's almost inevitable that pretty quickly somebody will discover America. Somebody from the old world will get to the new world.

Maybe it's an interplay because you have the kind of structural forces. that you look at the geography of the planet and you look at shipping technology in the late 15th century in Europe and the Mediterranean, and it's almost inevitable that pretty quickly somebody will discover America. Somebody from the old world will get to the new world.

Maybe it's an interplay because you have the kind of structural forces. that you look at the geography of the planet and you look at shipping technology in the late 15th century in Europe and the Mediterranean, and it's almost inevitable that pretty quickly somebody will discover America. Somebody from the old world will get to the new world.

So this was not a kind of... If it wasn't Columbus, then it would have been five years later somebody else. But... The key thing about history is that these small differences make a huge, huge difference. You know, if it wasn't Columbus, if it was five years later somebody from England, then maybe all of Latin America today would be speaking English and not Spanish.

So this was not a kind of... If it wasn't Columbus, then it would have been five years later somebody else. But... The key thing about history is that these small differences make a huge, huge difference. You know, if it wasn't Columbus, if it was five years later somebody from England, then maybe all of Latin America today would be speaking English and not Spanish.

So this was not a kind of... If it wasn't Columbus, then it would have been five years later somebody else. But... The key thing about history is that these small differences make a huge, huge difference. You know, if it wasn't Columbus, if it was five years later somebody from England, then maybe all of Latin America today would be speaking English and not Spanish.

If it was somebody from the Ottoman Empire, it's completely different world history. And the Ottoman Empire at that time was also shaping up to be a major maritime empire. If you have America being reached by Muslim navigators before Christian navigators from Europe, you have a completely different world history. It's the same with the computer.

If it was somebody from the Ottoman Empire, it's completely different world history. And the Ottoman Empire at that time was also shaping up to be a major maritime empire. If you have America being reached by Muslim navigators before Christian navigators from Europe, you have a completely different world history. It's the same with the computer.

If it was somebody from the Ottoman Empire, it's completely different world history. And the Ottoman Empire at that time was also shaping up to be a major maritime empire. If you have America being reached by Muslim navigators before Christian navigators from Europe, you have a completely different world history. It's the same with the computer.

Given the economic incentives and the science and technology of the time, then the rise of the personal computer was probably inevitable sometime in the late 20th century. But the where and when is crucial. The fact that it was California in the 1970s and not, say, I don't know, Japan in the 1980s or China in the 1990s, this made a huge, huge difference.

Given the economic incentives and the science and technology of the time, then the rise of the personal computer was probably inevitable sometime in the late 20th century. But the where and when is crucial. The fact that it was California in the 1970s and not, say, I don't know, Japan in the 1980s or China in the 1990s, this made a huge, huge difference.

Given the economic incentives and the science and technology of the time, then the rise of the personal computer was probably inevitable sometime in the late 20th century. But the where and when is crucial. The fact that it was California in the 1970s and not, say, I don't know, Japan in the 1980s or China in the 1990s, this made a huge, huge difference.

So you have this interplay between the structural forces, which are beyond the control of any single charismatic leader. But then the small changes, they can have a big effect. I think, for instance, about the war in Ukraine.

So you have this interplay between the structural forces, which are beyond the control of any single charismatic leader. But then the small changes, they can have a big effect. I think, for instance, about the war in Ukraine.

So you have this interplay between the structural forces, which are beyond the control of any single charismatic leader. But then the small changes, they can have a big effect. I think, for instance, about the war in Ukraine.