Yuval Noah Harari

Yes. I said a lot of bad things or dangers about technology and the internet. There are also, of course, good things. And this is not an accident. You have two kinds of minorities in history.

Yes. I said a lot of bad things or dangers about technology and the internet. There are also, of course, good things. And this is not an accident. You have two kinds of minorities in history.

Yes. I said a lot of bad things or dangers about technology and the internet. There are also, of course, good things. And this is not an accident. You have two kinds of minorities in history.

you have minorities which are a cohesive group, like Jews, that yes, you're as small as being born Jewish in say Germany or Russia or whatever, you're born in a small community, but as a Jewish boy, you're born to a Jewish family. You have Jewish parents, you have Jewish siblings, you are in a Jewish neighborhood, you have Jewish friends.

you have minorities which are a cohesive group, like Jews, that yes, you're as small as being born Jewish in say Germany or Russia or whatever, you're born in a small community, but as a Jewish boy, you're born to a Jewish family. You have Jewish parents, you have Jewish siblings, you are in a Jewish neighborhood, you have Jewish friends.

you have minorities which are a cohesive group, like Jews, that yes, you're as small as being born Jewish in say Germany or Russia or whatever, you're born in a small community, but as a Jewish boy, you're born to a Jewish family. You have Jewish parents, you have Jewish siblings, you are in a Jewish neighborhood, you have Jewish friends.

So these kinds of minorities, they could always come together and help each other throughout history. Another type of minority, like gay people or more broadly LGBTQ people, that as a gay boy, you're usually not born to a gay family with gay parents and gay siblings in a gay neighborhood. So usually you find yourself completely alone.

So these kinds of minorities, they could always come together and help each other throughout history. Another type of minority, like gay people or more broadly LGBTQ people, that as a gay boy, you're usually not born to a gay family with gay parents and gay siblings in a gay neighborhood. So usually you find yourself completely alone.

So these kinds of minorities, they could always come together and help each other throughout history. Another type of minority, like gay people or more broadly LGBTQ people, that as a gay boy, you're usually not born to a gay family with gay parents and gay siblings in a gay neighborhood. So usually you find yourself completely alone.

For most of history, one of the biggest problems for the gay community was that there was no community. How do you find one another? And the internet was a wonderful thing in this respect because it made it very easy for these kinds of diffuse communities or diffuse minorities to find each other.

For most of history, one of the biggest problems for the gay community was that there was no community. How do you find one another? And the internet was a wonderful thing in this respect because it made it very easy for these kinds of diffuse communities or diffuse minorities to find each other.

For most of history, one of the biggest problems for the gay community was that there was no community. How do you find one another? And the internet was a wonderful thing in this respect because it made it very easy for these kinds of diffuse communities or diffuse minorities to find each other.

So me and Itzik, even though we rode the same bus together to school for years, we didn't meet in the physical world. We met online. Because again, in the physical world, you don't want to identify in an Israeli town in the 1980s, you ride the bus, you don't want to say, hey, I'm gay. Is there anybody else gay here? That's not a good idea. But on the internet, we could find each other.

So me and Itzik, even though we rode the same bus together to school for years, we didn't meet in the physical world. We met online. Because again, in the physical world, you don't want to identify in an Israeli town in the 1980s, you ride the bus, you don't want to say, hey, I'm gay. Is there anybody else gay here? That's not a good idea. But on the internet, we could find each other.

So me and Itzik, even though we rode the same bus together to school for years, we didn't meet in the physical world. We met online. Because again, in the physical world, you don't want to identify in an Israeli town in the 1980s, you ride the bus, you don't want to say, hey, I'm gay. Is there anybody else gay here? That's not a good idea. But on the internet, we could find each other.

Yeah. A very old lesson and a very true lesson in many ways. So you need help from other people to realize the truth about yourself. So, of course, in love, you cannot just love abstractly. There is another person there. You need to find them.

Yeah. A very old lesson and a very true lesson in many ways. So you need help from other people to realize the truth about yourself. So, of course, in love, you cannot just love abstractly. There is another person there. You need to find them.

Yeah. A very old lesson and a very true lesson in many ways. So you need help from other people to realize the truth about yourself. So, of course, in love, you cannot just love abstractly. There is another person there. You need to find them.

But also, you know, we were one of the first generations who enjoyed the benefits of gay liberation, of the very difficult struggles of people who are much braver than us in the 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, who dared to question social conventions to struggle at sometimes a terrible price. And we benefited from it. And more broadly, we spoke earlier about the feminist movement.

But also, you know, we were one of the first generations who enjoyed the benefits of gay liberation, of the very difficult struggles of people who are much braver than us in the 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, who dared to question social conventions to struggle at sometimes a terrible price. And we benefited from it. And more broadly, we spoke earlier about the feminist movement.