Yuval Noah Harari

Historian, Sapiens author

Contemporary influential 155 sayings

Sayings by Yuval Noah Harari

Free will is an illusion.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Free will is an illusion.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The future of humanity is not about robots taking over, but about algorithms knowing us better than we know ourselves.

2017 — Lecture
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The future of humanity is not about robots taking over, but about algorithms knowing us better than we know ourselves.

2017 — Lecture
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

Happiness is not a natural state; it's a social construct.

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Happiness is not a natural state; it's a social construct.

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The greatest challenges of the 21st century are technological and ecological, not ideological.

2018 — Book: '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The greatest challenges of the 21st century are technological and ecological, not ideological.

2018 — Book: '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

We are entering an era of 'useless class' where many people will be economically redundant.

2016 — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

We are entering an era of 'useless class' where many people will be economically redundant.

2016 — Interview
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The universe has no meaning, and it is up to us to create meaning for ourselves.

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The universe has no meaning, and it is up to us to create meaning for ourselves.

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
Strange & Unusual Disputed

The most powerful empires are built on shared fictions.

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The most powerful empires are built on shared fictions.

2014 — Book: 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

We are evolving from Homo sapiens to Homo deus.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

We are evolving from Homo sapiens to Homo deus.

2016 — Book: 'Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow'
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The future is not something that happens to us; it's something we create.

2015 — Lecture
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The future is not something that happens to us; it's something we create.

2015 — Lecture
Strange & Unusual Disputed

The human mind is a story-telling machine.

2017 — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The human mind is a story-telling machine.

2017 — Interview
Strange & Unusual Confirmed