Yuval Noah Harari on what history teaches us about justice and peace
ReThinking
TED
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Yuval Noah Harari is a historian best known for his book Sapiens, which has sold more than 25 million copies and been translated into 65 languages. 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. Yuval’s latest book, Unstoppable Us, Volume 2: Why The World Isn’t Fair, is for young readers and it’s out now.
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| 0:00.0 | Claire worked in the marketing department for an up-and-coming artisan bakery. |
| 0:05.0 | Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up-and-coming. |
| 0:10.0 | Nobody actually knew it existed. |
| 0:13.0 | But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan. |
| 0:18.0 | It looked good, really, really good. Their investors thought so too. And now their |
| 0:24.3 | hotcakes are selling like, well, exactly. Thanks, Canber. This is an ad by Better Help. Did I talk |
| 0:32.8 | too much? I should have handled that better. Why can't I just let it go? Why did I do that? I wish I would |
| 0:37.0 | stop. I would stop you so much. Take a breath I just let it go? Why did I do that? I wish I would stop. I would think so much. |
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| 1:01.8 | Michael Lewis here. |
| 1:03.7 | My bestselling book The Big Short tells the story of the buildup and burst of the US housing market back in 2008. A decade ago, the Big Short was |
| 1:13.1 | made into an Academy Award-winning movie. Now I'm bringing it to you for the first time as an |
| 1:18.4 | audiobook narrated by yours truly. The Big Short's story, what it means to bet against the market, |
| 1:24.3 | and who really pays for an unchecked financial system, is as relevant today as it's |
| 1:29.1 | ever been. Get the big short now at Pushkin.fm slash audiobooks, or wherever audiobooks are sold. |
| 1:41.7 | Hey, everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes Us Tick with the TED Audio Collective. |
| 1:49.5 | I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking. |
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