The main struggle in the 21st century will be about irrelevance: Harari Orel, an Israeli of Turkish origin I met in Tel Aviv, says: “The wall in Gaza makes me feel very guilty. But since the wall the attacks and the death toll decreased sharply. I feel much safer now. I am sorry for them but what can I do?” Yuval Noah Harari is the most talked about historian of the 21st Century. His first book ‘Sapiens’ sold 500,000 copies in Turkey and 8 million in the world. It was recommended by Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. ‘Sapiens’ looked at our past, while his second book “Homo Deus” reflected on our future.
His third book was just published this week: “21 Lessons for the 21st Century,” his most political book yet. The level of violence is the lowest in history, not because of some divine miracle, but wise human decisions, international organizations and cooperation. With isolationism, nationalism and a new arm race we can fall very low, very quickly. People don’t realize it.... There are rifts in societies. In Israel, Turkey, United States... This rift typically divides societies in half. Why is this happening everywhere at the same time? www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-main-struggle-in-the-21st-century-will-be-about-irrelevance-harari-136449
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The main struggle in the 21st century will be about irrelevance: Harari
Orel, an Israeli of Turkish origin I met in Tel Aviv, says: “The wall in Gaza makes me feel very guilty. But since the wall the attacks and the death toll decreased sharply. I feel much safer now. I am sorry for them but what can I do?”
Yuval Noah Harari is the most talked about historian of the 21st Century. His first book ‘Sapiens’ sold 500,000 copies in Turkey and 8 million in the world. It was recommended by Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. ‘Sapiens’ looked at our past, while his second book “Homo Deus” reflected on our future.
His third book was just published this week: “21 Lessons for the 21st Century,” his most political book yet.
The level of violence is the lowest in history, not because of some divine miracle, but wise human decisions, international organizations and cooperation. With isolationism, nationalism and a new arm race we can fall very low, very quickly. People don’t realize it....
There are rifts in societies. In Israel, Turkey, United States...
This rift typically divides societies in half. Why is this happening everywhere at the same time? www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-main-struggle-in-the-21st-century-will-be-about-irrelevance-harari-136449