Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli historian at the Hebrew University; author of Sapiens, Homo Deus and Nexus.
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Books
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century …
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- Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian who teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- He took his doctorate at Oxford in 2002; his early work was in medieval and military history.
- Sapiens grew out of his undergraduate world-history lectures and came out in Hebrew in 2011.
- Academic reviewers have criticised his popular books as speculative and sensational.
- In 2019 he and his husband, Itzik Yahav, co-founded Sapienship, a social impact company.
Key facts
- Born
- 1976, raised in Haifa, Israel1
- Role
- Professor of history, Hebrew University of Jerusalem1
- Studied
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1993 to 1998 (BA); DPhil, University of Oxford (Jesus College), 20021
- Book sales
- 55 million copies in 65 languages, by his own site's count2
- Sapienship
- Co-founded it in 2019 with Itzik Yahav, his husband and original agent2
- Sapiens: A Graphic History
- Graphic-novel adaptation with David Vandermeulen and Daniel Casanave, first volume 20202
- Unstoppable Us
- Children's series: volume 1 in 2022, volume 2 in 2024, volume 3 in 20262
- Davos
- Keynotes at the World Economic Forum in 2018, 2020 and 20262
- LawZero
- Joined the AI safety organisation's board as a director in 20262
Books
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind1
Human history from the Stone Age to the present; Hebrew 2011, English 2014.
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow1
Where humanity may go next; coins the term dataism.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century1
Present-day concerns rather than past or future.
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI1
The history of information networks, as background to AI.
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