Yuval Noah Harari and Jared Diamond in a conversation moderated by Ronaldo Lemos during the 'Global Citizen' event at Teatro Santander - São Paulo, Brazil - November 6, 2019.
I agree with you about Yuval's humility but you might research Diamond. He is far more egocentric and opinionated whereas Yuval always asks questions but rarely says he has the solution.
7:39 is probably the best answer Ive ever heard. People who read both of their books, cannot help not notice how Harari is influenced by Diamond. Both of their books are absolutely mind blowing, in terms of understanding the Human condition. I'm thrilled that they had had this talk, good thing we have technology that can enable such moments ;)
I think he said that in the talk. Harari mentioned he read a book of Diamond, An Diamond later said something that implied it was the book you mention.
I actually got into this video thinking that Harari’s work has a lot of similarity with Diamonds, and I wanted to see a debate between them and Dan Dennett! 😄
Best Advice: -Reinvent and retrain yourself repeatedly thoroughout your life. -Learn how to deal with the unknown. -Discover the method of gathering information and distinguishing reliable and unreliable information.
Both men make a lot of great points. The problem with some of Harari's advice is that he assumes that we just have to accept these changes and that they are inevitable. He gives a lot of individual advice to issues which require national and global policy changes-even as he admits that they are systemic issues. We should be demanding positive policy changes to protect people, everywhere worldwide, from these changes, to ensure that they are rolled out in a way that does not destroy society or the planet. That is why the actual best advice was what Jared Diamond said: Rich people will only change when they are afraid for their own selves and interests. We should be making them afraid. Very afraid. They should not feel like destroying the planet is fine because they will survive, even if billions of people perish. Making them afraid and even overthrowing them and their power would allow us to make the necessary policy, social and economic changes to both save the planet and improve the lots of the billions of people who are currently suffering in poverty due to systemic exploitation.
I feel fortunate to be able. Access discussions and lectures like this and other top class lecturers. This is a format that was not as easily available, even 20 years ago.
The relatively small number of views of this video tells me that few people realize that these two men - Jared Diamond and Yuval Hahari - are perhaps the two most important historians of our time. Having them on one stage is an absolute treat. Yes, Diamond has gotten a bit old and doesn't come across as crisp and clear as the much younger Harari. But Diamond's written works speak for themselves. If you haven't read any of his books, consider doing so. You'll never see the world in the same way again. Thank you, Yuval, for sharing this wonderful talk with the rest of us.
I recently read Sapiens and learned Jared influenced Yuval. I looked him up then realized we had crossed paths. He lectured in my physiology class in 1990 at UCLA in grad school. I thought then he was pretty special. It’s a treat to listen to these 2 sharing a stage.
I'm so glad that you came to Brazil. My country is going through a lot of environmental and political issues and I hope that debates you brought help us to find wise solutions. Thank you!
Jared Diamond wrote some amazing books and deserves huge respect. In this interview however his age and also his politics are not helping in addressing the problems of the future in a constructive manner.
Such a delight this enterview, I read both of their books namely "Germs, Guns and Steel" and "Sapiens" and I think this made a great difference for me on my outlook on life, especially regarding religion. Wonderful, insightful enterview masterfully conducted by Ronaldo Lemos, so I'd like to say congratulations!
Grateful to watch. Figuring out how to interprete those ideas into simpler forms of dialogs on youtube, in different languages so that majority can easily get access and earn something meaningful about it.
Facts: When i was in 10th class (im from india), our biology teacher, looking extremely skeptical, asked the class whether we actually believed in evolution. No one raised their hands expect for myself and a few others.
Please do not put God’s Holy name with these two secular, antichrist demons. They, especially Harari are ministers of pure, satanic evil. Ministers of satan. I hope you read the word of God. The Bible. The words of Christ. Not these two secular, eugenist, transhumanism, WEF supporters. They have no idea what’s coming for them.
jonss a recente entrevista do Harari para o Pozner foi bem legal, parece o “Provocações” do Abujamra em versão russa: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ov78eDUoF0M.html
I m watching this discussion through smart phone only and read books in kindle so it may be wrong saying that internet is an addiction .I am not in Wapp and fb
Both men make a lot of great points. The problem with some of Harari's advice is that he assumes that we just have to accept these changes and that they are inevitable. He gives a lot of individual advice to issues which require national and global policy changes-even as he admits that they are systemic issues. We should be demanding positive policy changes to protect people, everywhere worldwide, from these changes, to ensure that they are rolled out in a way that does not destroy society or the planet. That is why the actual best advice was what Jared Diamond said: Rich people will only change when they are afraid for their own selves and interests. We should be making them afraid. Very afraid. They should not feel like destroying the planet is fine because they will survive, even if billions of people perish. Making them afraid and even overthrowing them and their power would allow us to make the necessary policy, social and economic changes to both save the planet and improve the lots of the billions of people who are currently suffering in poverty due to systemic exploitation.
Ugh. I wish there was a way to completely purge all references to Trump from digital interfaces. I was sick and tired of having his name parasitising everything long before he was even elected. Going on 4 years now and the media's frenzied hysteria still hasn't shown any hint of slowing down. I wish people would just get the fuck over it already. Give everyone a bloody respite from this inane tribalistic nonsense, FFS.
@@lachlanbell8390 well, on a long-term "grand scheme of things", i like to think of donald as an immunizing agent. the organism that is global society chews on him, feels sick for while, and ends up becoming stronger in the long run. after all, evolution is not about making the right choice every time. it's about mistakes and learning from them. and with the internet, twitter, and all that, someone like donald was probably inevitable. but instead of him, it could also have been any other silver spoon crybaby. he's not special at all. or as yuval (i think) once said: he's just the symptom, not the disease.
I try to see more the downsides of technology, but then I think with myself that without it I maybe would never have the chance to see such a good discussion like this. This is such a great content!! Thank you for sharing!!!
you know what i feel people that don't have smart phones don't need anymore? recognizement from the tribe.. recognizement from the peers. guys like Yuval and Jared are sure aware that they are really smart people and that they've done really important work. we need to comment, to see what others are commenting, to be in some places because we are still somewhat anxious about others.
45:20 - You gotta love Jared Diamond - he is a model example of a responsible civilized person. He has a huge imagination and creativity, while at the same time have a critical thinking facility that would stop him for running away with a possible wrong idea like mental health is so much better in the ancient world than today.
On automation: It seems like there may be a budding movement to reduce work hours while we automate jobs. It makes so much sense. 5-hour days, 3-day, weekends, and a universal basic income. Of course even that would have to be adjust as more and more automation emerges. Why are we sticking to such a maladaptive work ethic? As for 'low unemployment'. In the U.S. 78% of people are living paycheck to paycheck. So low unemployment is a bad metric for the quality of life and quality of a society. GDP is also a poor indicator of the health of a society.
37:50 - This is good. But for the 21st century the key is how to deal with the unknown. And what we teach kids in school today needs to be relevant to 20 years in the future, not the present.
There was one between Harari and Pinker recently fyi. So many interesting conversations still to be had but they are happening more and more with podcasts and events like the one from this video.
The interviewer is strange. Surprised that no one corrected him that smallpox has been globally eliminated since 1980 and has certainly not made a comeback in Brazil
Their books are similar in many ways. I would say "Sapiens" is a broader version of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" while "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is a deeper version of "Sapiens".
Professor Harari raised the most crucial problems in the 21st century. Andrew Yang addressed those problems and provide solid solutions through democracy for the US. The same problems should be concerned worldwide.
This is one of the most powerful things I understood from Jared Diamond .... the difference socially between New Guineans and Westerners .. about how all communication takes place face to face, 3:02 - because of that child New Guineans can out bargain oil company executives ... supposedly. I'd like to hear a little more about that sometime.
A small correction: Brazil is not facing the return of smallpox (even because it has been eradicated in 1980), but of measles, a lot in consequence of the anti-vaccine movement and the lack of medical attention in poor areas.
The presenter didn’t do much justice to the two legendary thinkers he had on the panel in regards to his input on the various questions. Agreeably he couldn’t obviously be at a level equal to these guys but come on. If you see Yuval’s interview with Dan Ariely you’ll get the importance of a masterful interviewer. Apart from that this panel is a dream come true.
Asadullah Farooq the conductor killed the interview for me ... whoever thought he was capable made a huge mistake ... what an idiot, has no continuity, said good in a couple of bad places, follows a script on a phone without understanding what is going on and switching topics when it called for some decent listening and further interaction.
So we have always had exactly the situation discussed. The development of techniques, tools and technology are part of the product of Intelligence +/-, the actual value symbolized by trust, faith, hope, and belief psychology manifested as "money".., becomes integrated in active self-civilization, the phenomenon that characterizes humans. "Artificial Intelligence" is the re-application of knowledge to human cultural behaviours. The problem is corruption of the application of Intelligence, for one person's irresponsible advantage over others. Stolen Intelligence does not lose it's actual value immediately, not until it's dissipated by misapplication. Personal survival requires personal intelligence, which is why all societies advise individuals to think their own thoughts and observe the environment before action. Civil societies buffer the individual with belief, faith, hope and trust in empirical evidence through the education system for which the society all a whole has responsibility. No such thing, when it comes to the crunch, when tribal loyalty to conformity is placed before observable intelligence. In the movie The Godfather, it was suggested that "The Mafia", always sent someone who you trust, to kill you, in the real world, it's just normal human behavior.., and a particular tribal, or "small town" characteristic. Excellent discussion, of course.
0:20 are you guys on social media? 3:45 can we afford not to use technology? 6:56 eureka moments? skill 7:50 11:40 are we losing narratives? 18:12 automation emergence of a "useless class" data colonialism 22:30
Fantastic duo on the Dias... Yuval is just so great at keeping himself completely unbiased and Jared is so forward thinking and yet so wonderfully old school and optimistic... Great talk but for: 1. The conductor is terrible, and follows a stupid routine from notes on his phone and has no sense of continuity. He said “good” in a couple of bad places. Jumped topics at the worst of times. 2. What’s with all the prolonged flash photography in the bigining? There are just three people on stage, just wait for them to finish to take pics or just take a couple and let them speak!