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The James Altucher Show

322 - Yuval Noah Harari [Anniversary Episode]: A Brief History of the Future

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Society & Culture, Talk Radio, Writer, Philosophy, Comedy, Chess, How To, Entrepreneurship, Jay, James, The James Altucher Show, Altucher, Author, Jay Yow, Education, Jay The Engineer, Business, James Altucher

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Probably the books I've recommended most in the past five years was "Sapiens" by Yuval Harari. And not only me: it's Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg's top recommendation. I’m releasing this episode because there’s so much to know about our past as...

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This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

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This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

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Today on the James Altiger Show.

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Turists function by capturing our imagination,

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turning our imagination against us and causing us to all very act.

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This is the way turrets and functions.

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In a way a turist is like a fly that tries to destroy a china shop.

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The fly is so small and weak,

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it cannot move in even a single teacup.

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So how does a fly destroy a china shop?

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The fly finds a bull, gets into the ear of the bull and starts buzzing.

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The bull becomes so enraged that it loses its temper and destroys a china shop.

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This is what happened in the Middle East over the last 15 years.

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Elkida could never have destroyed Iraq by itself.

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It got into the ear of the United States and the United States went wild

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and destroyed the Middle Eastern China shop for Elkida.

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This is how terrorism functions.

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And if you want to fight terrorism, you should start with your own imagination.

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So I have Yaval Harari with me,

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who is the author of Bill Gates' favorite book, Sapiens.

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And one of the highest recommended books by Mark Zuckerberg, Sapiens.

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And also his new book, Home of Dois.

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