Yuval Noah Harari

But if to some extent it's the stories in people's minds, if you can enable one person to see the story in the mind of another person, and more importantly, if you can have some kind of critical distance from the story in your own mind, then maybe you can change it a little. And then you don't need to fight. you can actually find a better story that you can both agree to.

But if to some extent it's the stories in people's minds, if you can enable one person to see the story in the mind of another person, and more importantly, if you can have some kind of critical distance from the story in your own mind, then maybe you can change it a little. And then you don't need to fight. you can actually find a better story that you can both agree to.

But if to some extent it's the stories in people's minds, if you can enable one person to see the story in the mind of another person, and more importantly, if you can have some kind of critical distance from the story in your own mind, then maybe you can change it a little. And then you don't need to fight. you can actually find a better story that you can both agree to.

It sometimes happens in history. You know, again, French and Germans fought for generations and generations. Now they live in peace, not because, I don't know, they found a new planet they can share between France and Germany, so now everybody has enough territory. No. They actually have less territory than previously because they lost all their overseas empires.

It sometimes happens in history. You know, again, French and Germans fought for generations and generations. Now they live in peace, not because, I don't know, they found a new planet they can share between France and Germany, so now everybody has enough territory. No. They actually have less territory than previously because they lost all their overseas empires.

It sometimes happens in history. You know, again, French and Germans fought for generations and generations. Now they live in peace, not because, I don't know, they found a new planet they can share between France and Germany, so now everybody has enough territory. No. They actually have less territory than previously because they lost all their overseas empires.

But they managed to find a story, the European story, that both Germans and French people are happy with. So they live in peace.

But they managed to find a story, the European story, that both Germans and French people are happy with. So they live in peace.

But they managed to find a story, the European story, that both Germans and French people are happy with. So they live in peace.

And with this basic belief that by talking, maybe we can move them an inch, which is a lot when it comes to people with so much power. Like I think one of the biggest success stories in modern history, I would say, is feminism. Because feminism believed in the power of stories, not so much in the power of violence, of armed conflict.

And with this basic belief that by talking, maybe we can move them an inch, which is a lot when it comes to people with so much power. Like I think one of the biggest success stories in modern history, I would say, is feminism. Because feminism believed in the power of stories, not so much in the power of violence, of armed conflict.

And with this basic belief that by talking, maybe we can move them an inch, which is a lot when it comes to people with so much power. Like I think one of the biggest success stories in modern history, I would say, is feminism. Because feminism believed in the power of stories, not so much in the power of violence, of armed conflict.

By many measures, feminism has been maybe the most successful social movement of the 20th century and maybe of the modern age. systems of oppression, which were in place throughout the world for thousands of years. And they seem to be just natural, eternal.

By many measures, feminism has been maybe the most successful social movement of the 20th century and maybe of the modern age. systems of oppression, which were in place throughout the world for thousands of years. And they seem to be just natural, eternal.

By many measures, feminism has been maybe the most successful social movement of the 20th century and maybe of the modern age. systems of oppression, which were in place throughout the world for thousands of years. And they seem to be just natural, eternal.

You had all these religious movements, all these political revolutions, and one thing remained constant, and this is the patriarchal system and the oppression of women. And then feminism came along. And, you know, you had leaders like Lenin, like Mao saying that if you want to make a big social change, you must use violence. Power comes from the barrel of the gun, of a gun.

You had all these religious movements, all these political revolutions, and one thing remained constant, and this is the patriarchal system and the oppression of women. And then feminism came along. And, you know, you had leaders like Lenin, like Mao saying that if you want to make a big social change, you must use violence. Power comes from the barrel of the gun, of a gun.

You had all these religious movements, all these political revolutions, and one thing remained constant, and this is the patriarchal system and the oppression of women. And then feminism came along. And, you know, you had leaders like Lenin, like Mao saying that if you want to make a big social change, you must use violence. Power comes from the barrel of the gun, of a gun.

If you want to make an omelet, you need to break eggs and all these things. And the feminists said, no, we won't use the power of the gun. We will make an omelet without breaking any eggs. And they made a much better omelet than Lenin or Mao or any of these violent revolutionaries. I don't think, you know, that they certainly didn't start any wars or build any gulags.

If you want to make an omelet, you need to break eggs and all these things. And the feminists said, no, we won't use the power of the gun. We will make an omelet without breaking any eggs. And they made a much better omelet than Lenin or Mao or any of these violent revolutionaries. I don't think, you know, that they certainly didn't start any wars or build any gulags.