“Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question” – Yuval Noah HarariWhat is the right thing to do when confronting a completely unprecedented situation? How should we act when we’re flooded by enormous amounts of information, and there is absolutely no way we can absorb and analyze it all? 21 Lessons is Harari’s attempt to make sense of humanity’s most pressing problems, including crises in national identity, identity politics, global leadership, destabilization from climate change, and the exponential risks and opportunities that technology and innovation present to us as a species.Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Sapiens: A Graphic History. His books have sold 27.5 Million copies in 60 languages, and he is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today. Learn more at https://www.ynharari.comGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41584641-21-lessons-for-the-21st-centuryYouTube: https://youtu.be/VFBufxw-6igAudio production by Graham StephensonEpisode music: Caprese by Blue Dot Sessions

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