Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari | TED 

"Take a human being, cut him open, look inside, and you will find no human rights there." Well this went pretty dark pretty fast

this talk is basically a summary of his book.

Got chills when he said , New Delhi 😮😮 as I am sitting and watching him over the Internet in new delhi

This ted talk is literally his book in 17 minutes.

“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion” ~ Daniel Dennett

Sapiens: A brief History of Human Kind, the best book i have read....

1. Communication 2. Collaboration at Scale 3. Stories 4. Belief Systems 5. Great Story Systems 6. Dual Reality

Kudos to the interviewer at the end . His first question was revealing.

I like and am glad that he says "human and other animals" instead of "human and animals"

His book, Sapiens, literally cured my depression.

I have always asked these questions since primary school

Why humans run the world | Yuval Noah Harari 00:13 Seventy-thousand years ago, our ancestors were insignificant animals. Today, we are the rulers of planet Earth. 00:51 Usually, we look for the difference between us and other animals on the individual level, but the truth is that we're all embarrassingly similar. If you put me and a chimpanzee together on a lonely island, the chimpanzee would survive much better. 01:50 Humans are the only animals that can cooperate flexibly and in huge numbers. Other animals, like the social insects, the bees, and the ants, can cooperate in large numbers but not flexibly. 03:03 I would need to know you personally to work with you. Are you a friendly chimpanzee? 03:21 Humans are the only animals that can combine the two abilities, cooperate flexibly, and still do so in huge numbers. Chimpanzees cannot cooperate at all, and if you cram 100,000 chimpanzees into Oxford Street, you will get chaos. I don't know the people who organized this event, the people who brought me to London, the people who invented this microphone and these cameras, or those who are watching this talk over the Internet. 05:36 Even though we don't know each other, we can work together to create this global exchange of ideas, which is something chimpanzees cannot do. Chimpanzees don't have slaughterhouses, prisons, or concentration camps. 06:36 We control the world because we can cooperate flexibly in large numbers, and we can cooperate flexibly with countless numbers of strangers because we can create and believe fictions fictional stories. 07:30 All other animals use their communication system to describe reality, but humans use their language to create new, fictional realities. Only humans can do this, which is why we control the world. 08:46 Humans cooperate by believing in the same fiction in the religious field, but the exact mechanism underlies all other mass-scale human cooperation. 09:23 Human rights are just a story we invented, just like God and heaven. They're not an objective reality; they're just stories we've spread over the last few centuries. 10:15 The most critical factors in modern politics are states and nations, but these are just stories we invented. 10:46 The most critical actors in the global economy are companies and corporations. These are legal fictions invented and maintained by the powerful wizards we call lawyers. A green piece of paper, the dollar bill, has no value, but master storytellers tell us it is worth 10 bananas. We can trade this worthless paper for real bananas if we believe them. Money is the most successful story ever invented and told by humans because everybody thinks it. Even Osama Bin Laden believed in money and was fond of American dollars. 13:38 We humans live in an objective reality, but we have constructed a second layer of fictional reality on top of it. This fictional reality has become increasingly powerful, so today, the survival of rivers, trees, lions, and elephants depends on these fictional entities. 15:05 In the industrial revolution, a new class of urban proletariat was created, and much of the political and social history of the last 200 years involved what to do with this new class. 15:46 Computers will eventually outperform humans in most tasks, making humans redundant. 16:23 The growing evidence of significant economic inequality is just the beginning of creating a new class of useless people or dividing humankind into different biological castes.

"If they took anyone of you, and placed you alone with a chimpanzee on an island, the chimpanzee would do better" Bear Grylls: Hold my piss...

HIs "Sapiens" book brought me back to life from depression as it answered so many "Why" and "what for" questions and put all the things straight and clear. This has to be a mandatory history book to read in school, not all the crap that confuses people.

If you ask me: Nobody is useless, rich became rich because someone from his/her family belonged to useless class and worked hard for it. I think what we need to do is not to create division but a world which is more fairer, just and loving for one another. I don't need money, I need life. Every human born in this world should deserve to live till the end of his life. Everyone deserves a good life. Please.

I quote him literally: "What do we do with all these useless people?" That man is pure evil.

This is what TED talks should be about. Paradigm shifting perspectives and revolutionary ideas.

he didnt move his feet. not even once.

Those who focus on life being only tangible and material are ignoring things like love, art, honor and sacrifice - the things that bring meaning to one's life. The scariest part of the talk was the way he yalked about the end game. So many people he believes we need to dispose of!

Watching this from Buenos Aires.

"You give me a worthless piece of paper, and you expect me to give you a banana? No way! What do you think I am, a human?" God, I love this quote XD So genius, yet so simple.

I like the way he says Umans.

Always get intellectual boost by watching harari.(from Dhaka)

Great Lecture about comparison Study.

I love this _bigger picture_ perspective. It's helped me over come a lot of pride, anxiety and depression. The Pale Blue Dot, is probably what helped me the most.

Someone watching in New Delhi.... 5:35

Great description Sir ! Thankyou.

impresionante.... tan intresante como sus libros

Halfway through ‘Sapiens’ I watched this video & now I am reading the rest of it un Yuval’s voice & accent. “Shimpanchij” . Jokes aside, he is truly a brilliant writer and effective speaker.

Wow, I was expecting a generic talk about how humans just have higher intelligence, but I've never thought about humans and life this way. Fantastic talk.

Yuval Noah Harari has a unique and amazing ability to accurately describe the world and humanity. He has a gift for simplifying complex historical events and concepts, making them easily understandable for the general public. His books are amazing!

In my opinion, this video is one of the very best videos I have ever seen, there is no doubt about that.

This man is a pure genius. If you want to know why? Read 'Sapiens'..

I was told by a teacher that a good book takes your hand walks you through a path that you inevitably fall in love with, regardless of how much you know or agree with the content ; his books do so in such an organic way that is hard to stop reading, and even when you do is hard to stop thinking of it. I'm not a book lover but I absolutely admire his writing. Simple and creative.. A true pleasure to read.

Imagine having this understanding of humanity. And thinking you are smarter than others

The best ted talk .I have heard so far.✨

I would actually pay to see 100,000 shimpanzes in Wembley Stadium. Don't act like you wouldn't.

Excellent talk.

Best story of life i have heard. I enjoyed alot👏👏👏👏

Harari's mention of slaughter houses in the context of "horrible" is a strong clue. I googled him, and yes, very happy to discover that he is a vegan.

Every time I think I have had an original idea, which is kind of useful in order update my mental model of how the world works. People like Yuval come up with exactly the missing piece of my mental puzzle. I'm grateful for his efforts

I went to a few lectures of his, brilliant guy.

I am awed with your views Sir... It's enlightening

I would like to have seen the slides. Excellent talk anyway.

After reading sapiens i realised that my whole life was a lie.He is a brilliant sapien...hats off

WOW.. i have not seen a TED talk this good for a very long time! its so refreshing to get this. very thought-provoking and inspiring talk, i'm definitely going to want to hear more from this israeli guy.

One thing I could not comprehend. Why these many people are perplexed and surprised by the books of Harari these much while all of the points he spoke about we somewhat and somehow knew even from high school.

This is the only ted talk i lovetill today

Best talk ever. I am addicted to it. Gold.

Man, i'm currently reading your book and i can't even stop "wow"-ing about how our society has grown this fast and the way you present those facts is mind blowing. Thankyou!

Man this guy..this is the guy you dont want him to stop talking. Respect from Kingdom of saudi arabia

Absolutely stunned❤

Hands down, one of the most brilliant minds of 21st century. To be able to showcase the story of thousands of years of human evolution is no easy task and to do it in such a lucid way is just mind blowing. Take a bow YNH. You're a class act.

This concept of humans living in a dual reality, the ability to flexibly collaborate on a mass scale with strangers, and the willingness to embrace fictional stories... are the 3 greatest pieces from this talk.

Sounds very peaceful

Yuval, 4 years later: conquering the world's bestselling books in humankind history. I love this man so much.

Very clear English! Although it’s not my natural language, I can understand every word that he says. Very interesting and clear explanation about human evolution in relation with the rest of animals.

Wow. Now that's called a life changing thought.

One of the most interesting video that I've ever watched for sure

His book completely changed my world view. This book should be mandatory in schools.

I've read his book and it was absolutely brilliant. If you enjoyed this talk, you would definitely enjoy "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind".

Well, this man has just defined the context in which every TED talk and everything else will have to find its importance or not.

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1k dislikes are from bonobos being upset for not being mentioned on his talk

No matter how long it has been, I will never forget when I read sapiens for the first time. Not only is a book amazingly written about the story of humanity, it's also an explanation for many of our behaviours and our current social organization. Incredible !

Heard an Excellent speech in a long long time….

I like he is at least honest. I came to the same conclusion that there are so many redundant people who can actually survive doing nothing. I just could not put this into the words to explain this to other people.

This is literally the summary of the first chapter of his book.

His book, Sapiens, is the reason why I love the movie Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. The apes in that movie developed a sense of fiction and myth, which allowed them to follow a leader named Ceasar, and coexist in such large numbers.

Amazing stuff. Thank you

hmmm very interesting interpretation of this world, thank you

Here's a coincidence. In his talk, he mentions that he doesn't know who's watching his Ted Talk from New Delhi. Hi, I am watching your talk from New Delhi :)

Why does this guy sound exactly like Gru from Deapicable Me?😂

Gracias por su transcripción al español no se puede imaginar lo agradecida que estoy porque así puedo entender mejor el mundo y somos 500 millones de parlantes muchísimas gracias señor

Would be amazing if this gentleman could explain his message on the illusion of the "wizards" paper exchange for what matters, to musicians and the poetic artist who preach more and more today, that the worship of the same achieves something meaningful...and what they actually sell themselves and their minds devotion to...

"Who do you think I am, a human?"

He said buenos aires. I'm from buenos aires. I feel stalked.

His three books are best book i ever read.

This is fascinating!!

he just summarize his books in 17 minutes of this talk

This made me think of Death's monologue in the Hogfather... "Human's have to believe in the little lies to make the big lies come true..."

Quite an interesting TED talk

Beautiful !!!!

I love & respect your speech sir. Thank you given this speech for human in this time. I am from kolkata in india.

This is the talk in TED I have listened to for my first time. I was just impressed.

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What a talk! 👍

The storytellers amongst us control the world. Of course, each of us is free to tell stories.

Close your eyes and imagine Sacha Baron Cohen.

Hey, very good talk.

What a talk...! What a talk!!!

Another STORYTELLER ‼️

It's all so obvious when you put it like that! Mr Harari puts it across with extraordinary clarity. And it's pretty amusing too.

I ❤ Yuval

Excellent.

What a brilliant talk

it’s surreal for kids as myself to have access to such information nowadays... it really opens your mind

5:35 New Delhi ✔️

Excellent

I respect this man . Many greetings from Baghdad, Iraq.