Yuval Noah Harari

It was a very, very shocking and moving experience. I remember especially in connection with national ideology, which was also very big, strong in Israel, still is today. Which again comes from the fear of death. You know that you're going to die. So you say, okay, I die, but the nation lives on. I live on through the nation. I don't really die.

It was a very, very shocking and moving experience. I remember especially in connection with national ideology, which was also very big, strong in Israel, still is today. Which again comes from the fear of death. You know that you're going to die. So you say, okay, I die, but the nation lives on. I live on through the nation. I don't really die.

And you hear it especially on Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. So every day there'll be in school Memorial Day for fallen soldiers who fell defending Israel in all its different wars. And all these kids would come dressed in white, and you have this big ceremony with flags and songs and dances in memory of the fallen soldiers.

And you hear it especially on Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. So every day there'll be in school Memorial Day for fallen soldiers who fell defending Israel in all its different wars. And all these kids would come dressed in white, and you have this big ceremony with flags and songs and dances in memory of the fallen soldiers.

And you hear it especially on Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. So every day there'll be in school Memorial Day for fallen soldiers who fell defending Israel in all its different wars. And all these kids would come dressed in white, and you have this big ceremony with flags and songs and dances in memory of the fallen soldiers.

And you get the impression, again, I don't want to sound crass, but you get the impression that the best thing in life is to be a fallen soldier. Because even then, yes, you die, everybody dies in the end, but then you'll have all these school kids for years and years remembering you and celebrating you, and you don't really die.

And you get the impression, again, I don't want to sound crass, but you get the impression that the best thing in life is to be a fallen soldier. Because even then, yes, you die, everybody dies in the end, but then you'll have all these school kids for years and years remembering you and celebrating you, and you don't really die.

And you get the impression, again, I don't want to sound crass, but you get the impression that the best thing in life is to be a fallen soldier. Because even then, yes, you die, everybody dies in the end, but then you'll have all these school kids for years and years remembering you and celebrating you, and you don't really die.

And I remember standing in these ceremonies and thinking, what does it actually mean? Like, okay, so if I'm a fallen soldier, now I'm a skeleton, I'm bones in this military cemetery, under this stone. Do I actually hear the kids singing all these patriotic songs? If not, how do I know they do it? Maybe they trick me. Maybe I die in the war and then they don't sing any songs.

And I remember standing in these ceremonies and thinking, what does it actually mean? Like, okay, so if I'm a fallen soldier, now I'm a skeleton, I'm bones in this military cemetery, under this stone. Do I actually hear the kids singing all these patriotic songs? If not, how do I know they do it? Maybe they trick me. Maybe I die in the war and then they don't sing any songs.

And I remember standing in these ceremonies and thinking, what does it actually mean? Like, okay, so if I'm a fallen soldier, now I'm a skeleton, I'm bones in this military cemetery, under this stone. Do I actually hear the kids singing all these patriotic songs? If not, how do I know they do it? Maybe they trick me. Maybe I die in the war and then they don't sing any songs.

And how does it help me? And I realized, I was quite young at the time, that if you're dead, you can't hear anything because that's the meaning of being dead. And if you're dead, you can't think of anything like, oh, now they're remembering because you're dead. That's the meaning of being dead. And it was a shocking realization.

And how does it help me? And I realized, I was quite young at the time, that if you're dead, you can't hear anything because that's the meaning of being dead. And if you're dead, you can't think of anything like, oh, now they're remembering because you're dead. That's the meaning of being dead. And it was a shocking realization.

And how does it help me? And I realized, I was quite young at the time, that if you're dead, you can't hear anything because that's the meaning of being dead. And if you're dead, you can't think of anything like, oh, now they're remembering because you're dead. That's the meaning of being dead. And it was a shocking realization.

I lost it over time. I mean, for many years, it was a very powerful fuel, motivation for philosophical, for spiritual exploration. And I realized that the fear of death is really a very powerful drive. And over the years, especially as I meditated, it kind of dissipated. And today, I sometimes find myself trying to recapture this teenage fear of death because it was so powerful and I just can't.

I lost it over time. I mean, for many years, it was a very powerful fuel, motivation for philosophical, for spiritual exploration. And I realized that the fear of death is really a very powerful drive. And over the years, especially as I meditated, it kind of dissipated. And today, I sometimes find myself trying to recapture this teenage fear of death because it was so powerful and I just can't.

I lost it over time. I mean, for many years, it was a very powerful fuel, motivation for philosophical, for spiritual exploration. And I realized that the fear of death is really a very powerful drive. And over the years, especially as I meditated, it kind of dissipated. And today, I sometimes find myself trying to recapture this teenage fear of death because it was so powerful and I just can't.

I try to make the same imagination. I don't know. It's...

I try to make the same imagination. I don't know. It's...

I try to make the same imagination. I don't know. It's...