What can we learn from a history of the future? Historian Yuval Harari takes us on a journey through technological development and challenges leaders to develop a substantive vision of what it means for society, politics, religion and ideology.
Author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” and “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow”, published in 40 languages. Has written for the Guardian, the Financial Times, Nature magazine and the Wall Street Journal. International speaker. Has a PhD from the University of Oxford and lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Current research focuses on macro-historical questions: What is the relationship between history and biology? What is the essential difference between Homo sapiens and other animals? Is there justice in history? Does history have a direction? Did people become happier as history unfolded? Recipient of honours and awards, including: two-time winner, Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality (2009 and 2012); Moncado Award for outstanding articles on military history, Society for Military History (2011); Handelsblatt’s German Economic Book Award for the most thoughtful and influential economic book of the year, Homo Deus (2017).
Will the Future Be Human?
Yuval Noah Harari
http://www.ynharari.com/wef2018/
What can we learn from a history of the future? Historian Yuval Harari takes us on a journey through technological development and challenges leaders to develop a substantive vision of what it means for society, politics, religion and ideology.
Yuval Noah Harari
Professor, Department of History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org/people/yuval-noah-harari
Author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” and “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow”, published in 40 languages. Has written for the Guardian, the Financial Times, Nature magazine and the Wall Street Journal. International speaker. Has a PhD from the University of Oxford and lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Current research focuses on macro-historical questions: What is the relationship between history and biology? What is the essential difference between Homo sapiens and other animals? Is there justice in history? Does history have a direction? Did people become happier as history unfolded? Recipient of honours and awards, including: two-time winner, Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality (2009 and 2012); Moncado Award for outstanding articles on military history, Society for Military History (2011); Handelsblatt’s German Economic Book Award for the most thoughtful and influential economic book of the year, Homo Deus (2017).