What might happen when global warming causes radical climate changes? What might happen when computers replace humans in the job market, and most humans become economically useless? What might happen if breakthroughs in biotechnology will make it possible to upgrade humans, and to open huge gaps between rich and poor? These are questions that all humans need to face today, and no country can solve them by itself. The main problems we are facing are also global in nature.

Our planet may be divided into about 200 different countries, but they all depend on global economic, ecologic and political forces. The truth is that there are no longer any independent countries in the world. We are living in a global world - but most schools and books still tell us only parochial histories of one particular country or culture. I think the book has had such a positive reception because it answers a real need. If you had to guess: What is it, in our culture today, that made that book rise to be such a meteoric success? Your book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” has been translated to 40 langauges and been recommended by people like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Barack Obama. Why humans might give up meaning in exchange for power in the future.How it was different working with the future (Homo Deus) as opposed to working with the past (Sapiens)?.Why his new book, “Homo Deus”, - in his opinion - is an important read.

Harari tells what he thinks is the most important lesson for humans living today.Harari explains why he thinks “Sapiens” became such a huge succes.I did a Q&A with the israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, author of the international bestseller “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankund” and “Homo Deus”, for the danish daily Jyllands-Posten. Q&A: “Sapiens”-author Yuval Noah Harari on the future of mankind, AI and more

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