Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari

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🗓️ 2 August 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media -- even our notion of what humanity is for. This is the first of a series of TED Dialogues, seeking a thoughtful response to escalating political divisiveness. Make time (just over an hour) for this fascinating discussion between Harari and TED curator Chris Anderson.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features historian Yuval Noah Harari, recorded live at TED Dialogues 2017.
0:08.9	Hello. So welcome to this TED Dialogues, the first of a series that's really we've done in response to the current political upheaval.
0:20.0	I don't know about you.
0:21.5	I've become quite concerned about the growing divisiveness
0:23.9	in this country and in the world.
0:26.9	No one's listening to each other, right?
0:29.6	They aren't.
0:30.8	I mean, it feels like we need a different kind of conversation,
0:34.8	one that's based on, I don't know, on reason, listening, on understanding,
0:40.6	on a broader context. That's at least what we're going to try in these TED dialogues,
0:46.0	starting today. And we couldn't have anyone with us who I'd be more excited to kick this off.
0:52.9	This is a mind right here that thinks pretty much like no one else on the planet,
0:57.8	I would hasten to say.
0:58.8	I'm serious.
0:59.9	I'm serious.
1:01.2	He synthesizes history with underlying ideas in a way that kind of takes your breath away.
1:08.9	So some of you will know this book, Sapiens.
1:13.0	Has anyone here read Sapiens? I mean, I could not put it down the way that he tells the story
1:21.5	of mankind through big ideas that really make you think differently, by the word. It's kind of amazing.
1:28.6	And here's the follow-up, which I think is being published in the US next week.
1:32.9	Yeah, next week. Homodeus. Now, this is the history of the next hundred years.
1:38.9	I've had a chance to read it. It's extremely dramatic. And I dare say, some people quite alarming, it's a must read.
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