Sunday Pick: Yuval Noah Harari on what history teaches us about justice and peace

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🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian best known for his book "Sapiens", which has sold more than 25 million copies and has been translated into 65 languages. In this episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant, Adam and Yuval examine the power of stories in shaping humanity’s success, discuss the tension between justice and peace, and reconsider the true purpose of studying history.

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0:00.0	TED Audio Collective.
0:09.2	Hey, TED Talks Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:12.1	Today we have an episode of another podcast from the TED Audio Collective
0:15.2	handpicked by us for you.
0:17.5	Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is one of Ted's most beloved speakers, and on his podcast
0:22.9	Rethinking, he talks to some of the world's most renowned scientists, entrepreneurs, and creatives.
0:29.4	In this episode, he has a thoughtful conversation with historian Yuval Noah Harari on the
0:34.3	power of storytelling and why we need to reconsider the way we think about
0:38.3	history. To hear more deep conversations like these, you can find rethinking wherever you get
0:43.9	your podcasts. Learn more about the TED Audio Collective at audiocollective.tad.com. Now on to the
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