Yuval Noah Harari on the myths we need to survive

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Filmed at the Royal Geographical Society on 23rd September 2015.
Myths. We tend to think they’re a thing of the past, fabrications that early humans needed to believe in because their understanding of the world was so meagre. But what if modern civilisation were itself based on a set of myths? This is the big question posed by Professor Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, which has become one of the most talked about bestsellers of recent years. In this exclusive appearance for Intelligence Squared, Harari will argue that all political orders are based on useful fictions which have allowed groups of humans, from ancient Mesopotamia through to the Roman empire and modern capitalist societies, to cooperate in numbers far beyond the scope of any other species.
To give an example, Hammurabi, the great ruler of ancient Babylon, and the US founding fathers both created well-functioning societies. Hammurabi’s was based on hierarchy, with the king at the top and the slaves at the bottom, while the Americans’ was based on freedom and equality between all citizens. Yet the idea of equality, Harari will claim, is as much a fiction as the idea that a king or rich nobleman is ‘better’ than a humble peasant. What made both of these societies work was the fact that within each of them everyone believed in the same set of imagined underlying principles. In a similar vein, money is a fiction that depends on the trust that we collectively put in it. The fact that it is a ‘myth’ has not impeded its usefulness. It has become the most universal and efficient system of mutual trust ever devised, allowing the development of global trade networks and sophisticated modern capitalism.
Professor Harari came to the Intelligence Squared stage to explain how the fictions that we believe in are an inseparable part of human culture and civilisation.

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  • @havenbastion
    @havenbastion3 жыл бұрын

    If people are switching stories so easily, they are not relying on truth, but on feelings.

  • @toszatesze3796

    @toszatesze3796

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mythology is not equal to truth

  • @gillisleighola

    @gillisleighola

    3 жыл бұрын

    Truth is subjective

  • @thomasburkhart5078

    @thomasburkhart5078

    9 күн бұрын

    The problem is there is no truth outside of scientific observations

  • @clivebates4422

    @clivebates4422

    6 күн бұрын

    ​@thomasburkhart5078 Truth exists in and of it's own, and it is absolute in it's entirety. Science is the attempt to understand how it works.

  • @clivebates4422

    @clivebates4422

    6 күн бұрын

    Neuroception is the way autonomous nervous system drives us to harmonise with each other and the environment in order to ensure the survival of the species. It operates through feelings. We usurp it with ego, fears, and being reactionarly and over emotional

  • @aigen-journey
    @aigen-journey8 жыл бұрын

    I don't think he is as widely recognized as he deserves to be, but in my opinion Yuval Harari will become one of the most influential thinkers of the XXI century.

  • @LuisFranciscoContrerasMoran

    @LuisFranciscoContrerasMoran

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Milton Mumfrey In my opinion Harari's brilliance comes not from the novelty but from his clarity of thought. Yes, his ideas might not be new but to my knowledge they're the best argued. The sci-fi section might have had the same themes, but they never went beyond the speculative.

  • @aigen-journey

    @aigen-journey

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Luis Francisco Contreras Morán My thoughts exactly and the reason for my praise of Harari. You know, Newton wasn't the first to notice that apples fall, but he was the first to come up with an equation that explained why and how they fell. There are many themes and subjects from history and our possible futures which Harari is able to unify with one coherent theory.

  • @matthewsalo8408

    @matthewsalo8408

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Milton Mumfrey Gee, didn't know sci fi novels talked about sapiens historical ability to work together due to creating widely accepted fictions. Sure the standard futurust tropes, but Harari is a historian extrapolating his historical theories to the future. In short, Harari is much more than sci fi.

  • @renato.bakaadv

    @renato.bakaadv

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Matthew Salo thats exact what i thought. Its hard to compare sci fi with Harari, because the author has a sense of perspective about human kind that gives him a more open mind to really see what were the trends of the past and probably what will be the future, and takes a lot of intellectual effort to try argue against him. A really like this book. I do not know if the Harari is looking for recognition , but I hope his ideas spread to as many people possible.

  • @Gmailkonto23

    @Gmailkonto23

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mopic3d I don't see him as an eqivalent to Newton or as enligtened as you would describe him. I think both you and Milton together have a point, that he can become one of the most influential l geek-preacher. To somebody who has opened mind or has studied history at a university.

  • @markmartens
    @markmartens3 жыл бұрын

    "My son turned six yesterday. What advice would you give him as he prepares for a world of robotics and artificial intelligence?" "That nothing they teach him in the educational system today is really relevant to the world in which he will actually live. The most important capacity he will need to have is to, throughout life, learn. There will be no ending to learning and to reinventing ourselves again, and again, and again...The pace of change is so fast, that you'll have to learn all your life." Yuval Noah Harari on the myths we need to survive.

  • @snehalbhartiya6724

    @snehalbhartiya6724

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this.

  • @aspergianheteroclite3014

    @aspergianheteroclite3014

    3 жыл бұрын

    In other words, living life in constant uncertainty, precarity and insecurity.

  • @monicavelezgrau8259

    @monicavelezgrau8259

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think this guy is not conclusive

  • @keepcalmcarryon3358

    @keepcalmcarryon3358

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Kam Y You sound old and out of touch. It was true when he said it in 2015 and it’s eve more true now

  • @peplegal8253

    @peplegal8253

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Kam Y : It depends on how a "change" is defined. For example, in my area, a revolution happened when vacuum tube was first invented. An entire new science (called electronics) poped up almost overnight...and later when the transistor first appeared replacing tubes, nothing truly "revolutionary" happened. The fundamentals of Eletronics was already well established. BUT...in a long run, Transistor has impacted us in much more deep ways. From computers to sattelites...our behaviour has changed in slow but much more profound way. The "pace of change" is a bad measurement of how Scientific and Technological revolution is shaping the world (and ourselves).

  • @SchlimmShadySmash
    @SchlimmShadySmash3 жыл бұрын

    14:15 When he talks about German history, as a German myself I have to comment on this. The point made here is that people are able to live under different myths and quickly exchange them basically without major difficulties, and.. it seems true, but something that is presupposed here is that stories and myths are sort of the driving elements of society when in fact you can argue against this confidently and instead point towards other human pressures being the real force and stories only a circumstantial thing on top of it all, an average German in the nazi regime may not have even bought into the nazi story but remains part of the system because of his more prevalent desire to fulfill human needs such as food, security and community. The story is almost secondary.

  • @efanjohnson8207

    @efanjohnson8207

    2 жыл бұрын

    The story is a product of the will to be like(d by) everyone else. I think there is nothing circumstantially different about a story and basic human needs. They are intrinsically linked. What is a human need, without a narrative about satisfying a human desire?

  • @jasonsworld333

    @jasonsworld333

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are except the stories have NEVER changed

  • @damianotommassi3378

    @damianotommassi3378

    Жыл бұрын

    So, what your'e saying is, if there was no post ww1 economic difficulties in Germany, nazis would still be able to raise to power? And that is just one thing.... economy. Don't forget my friend, when ww2 started brewing, there were still people alive who remembered the Reich. They were regarded as barbarians since Roman days untill then.. then they created an empire (and quite mighty one), only to see it getting demolished in their lifetime! -inseet economic depression here- Now this charizmatic guy comes and rekindles those Reich fires in hungry peoples eyes.. from then on... it's like taking a candy from a baby.. So i don't agree that "myths" are more important than "real world" circumstances.

  • @valentinann7823

    @valentinann7823

    Жыл бұрын

    Hitler's regime was based on propaganda. Now the question is, what is the purpose of propaganda? Why did he need it? This only fact is enough for me to agree with Harari. Another example that myths work is Trump's Make America Great Again. No need to say that it worked and still working in some parts of society not to mention the riot of Capitol. What was the reason, motivation for those people to do that?

  • @SchlimmShadySmash

    @SchlimmShadySmash

    Жыл бұрын

    @@valentinann7823 That is a good point. Well argued.

  • @OriDomshlak
    @OriDomshlak7 жыл бұрын

    I am from israel and I am 13 years old, I read all of his books....

  • @OriDomshlak

    @OriDomshlak

    7 жыл бұрын

    Of course, it's a popular science book (but a good one). The topic of the book is..... well...... a brief history of human kind.... so much information but so simple to read (hey i'm 13)... The perspectives of humanity changes dramaticly after reading this book.

  • @sabinainjapan

    @sabinainjapan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hign Kang you can find his new book as audio book here on KZread

  • @nvijain

    @nvijain

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Kevin Another make believer,don't believe in stories who tells you to hate.. I think you have been believing these stuff from the beginning as the Yuri said and now you hate others as a result of that. He also gave example of Germany. I mean what's the purpose of watching the talk if you don't gain anything from it.

  • @Reporterreporter770

    @Reporterreporter770

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ori Domshlak Ori you are so good

  • @rodyelin

    @rodyelin

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Tourdeau Mad you are man full of hate. shame on you.

  • @briananderson8428
    @briananderson84284 жыл бұрын

    Who's the interviewer? He's excellent. And so are the questions of the audience. I love a smart audience.

  • @kuroo3333

    @kuroo3333

    4 жыл бұрын

    IKR!!

  • @stevenbishop8850

    @stevenbishop8850

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's better than most on I2. I just wish the Brits would shut up and stop strutting their "daddy's proud" personalities. No one cares.

  • @daniel-zh4qc

    @daniel-zh4qc

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spot on with both - im an academic and ive never seen such a series of excellent audience questions, and a moderator that in control and cognizant of their many functions (guiding the audience to pertinence, staying out of the way, spurring on the speaker, etc.) Is rare..... Bravo to all involved!

  • @Briangriffin108

    @Briangriffin108

    4 жыл бұрын

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Scott_(author) ;)

  • @kayem3824

    @kayem3824

    4 жыл бұрын

    He is good at karate.

  • @swadeshtaneja3512
    @swadeshtaneja35123 жыл бұрын

    If one is discouraged to question from childhood their scriptures, elders or teacher the ability for critical thinking cannot develop.

  • @rafoot3099

    @rafoot3099

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually you can, you just need to not apply it to scriptures. I've seen enough people that live in complete cognitive dissonance. They re-interprete their scriptures to fit their current beliefs.

  • @goldfishi5776

    @goldfishi5776

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rafoot3099 Not unlike a liberal interpretation of law. Society is all inclined to re-interpret the past to draw a new correlation. Whether ‘learning the mistakes from the past, using the ‘spirit of the law, or a new interpretation of scripture; every one of us does this in their own ‘metaphorical space ie in their root value system.

  • @hariprasathp1930
    @hariprasathp19303 жыл бұрын

    This statement really caught me "To know something is real, ask the question ' can it suffer?'" The concept of ethics obsessed me and he kind of cured that.

  • @rameezrather5385

    @rameezrather5385

    3 жыл бұрын

    it doesn't fit the inanimate things like wood, chair, stone, sand etc

  • @happinesstan

    @happinesstan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rameezrather5385 A chair suffers. as a chair, if you cut it's legs off.

  • @pogwigginsprod.7702

    @pogwigginsprod.7702

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s just nonsensical razzle dazzle. Illogical and irrational.

  • @hariprasathp1930

    @hariprasathp1930

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pogwigginsprod.7702 On what grounds, is it illogical and irrational?

  • @pogwigginsprod.7702

    @pogwigginsprod.7702

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hariprasathp1930 there are things that are very much real that do not “suffer.”

  • @Stallnig
    @Stallnig4 жыл бұрын

    This: ~"You see a man wearing the same hat and suit as you do, and you know he most likely believes the same stories you do" That is the best description of a culture I've come across. We are subconciousely very good at recognising familiarity and foreignness in appearance and its correlations with mental traits and ideals, which we pickup through experience. I believe that dislike of cultural differences is often conflated with racism. I believe most people who don't like people of other ethnicities don't dislike them because of where they are from or how they look, but because of the mindset, believes and values they mostlikely hold, since those are prevalent at their origin place. Those things can bear a lot of conflict and danger. Therefor prejudice and preventive measures on its behalf aren't all that unreasonable imo.

  • @doolittlemaccarrone8126

    @doolittlemaccarrone8126

    4 жыл бұрын

    Conflict is basic to human Nature as is survival.. Conflict becomes competition in the real World... Resourse is limited by imagination

  • @lisamontez9401

    @lisamontez9401

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, well now you're talking logic .... It seems that today, most people (perhaps it's just the media telling us that it's most people) rush to judgement and don't reason it out they way that you just did. Good job.

  • @qyarn588
    @qyarn5888 жыл бұрын

    Harari's overall future outlook (data as new existencial story, mainly biotek as new tool to realise the story) reminds me quite a bit on Houellebecq's novel "The Possibility of an Island". Thanks for this great talk!!!

  • @MP-cv6if

    @MP-cv6if

    2 жыл бұрын

    Time to download it

  • @sudhabansal4084
    @sudhabansal40843 жыл бұрын

    The speaker has such a vivid insight into future and his knowledge seems to be very very vast. I am , ordinary person , incapable to comment. I enjoyed listening it nonstop.

  • @catsaresocute650

    @catsaresocute650

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you okay?

  • @marissashantez6051

    @marissashantez6051

    2 ай бұрын

    Its infuriating me.

  • @Antmanwald0423

    @Antmanwald0423

    2 ай бұрын

    I already know we wouldn’t be friends.

  • @jeffreylynn3525
    @jeffreylynn35254 жыл бұрын

    As one listens to Yuval or any speaker they admire, one must question whether YOUR frontal cortex has shut down!

  • @dominikh.skokowski8920

    @dominikh.skokowski8920

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha exactly I thought the same

  • @lilam08r

    @lilam08r

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's interesting point Myths. I just listens to Mr Yuval about his biology analysis and all possibility of silicon valley. The world contributes he retreat. The human brain analytic impresses.

  • @burnettis1

    @burnettis1

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are paying attention 😜

  • @vincentsanregret124

    @vincentsanregret124

    2 жыл бұрын

    How is that?

  • @azeljoyportugues2580

    @azeljoyportugues2580

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have the same thought lol and at the same time hearing all his stories in all his past interviews as a speaker, watching all his talk and videos here on KZread, would it make me believe his story😅?

  • @josuemcalderon5020
    @josuemcalderon50205 жыл бұрын

    This was mind bending. Mr. Harari is definitely one extremely underrated intellectual.

  • @josuemcalderon5020

    @josuemcalderon5020

    5 жыл бұрын

    Largesse1000 On which part, and why?

  • @yaelthesnail

    @yaelthesnail

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@josuemcalderon5020 He's a raging antisemite, and has nothing of substance to offer as a refutation to anything except 'hurr durr Jewish globalist'.

  • @pavlekovacevic5787

    @pavlekovacevic5787

    Жыл бұрын

    @@josuemcalderon5020 he is mentally unstable

  • @ddean7869

    @ddean7869

    7 ай бұрын

    DECEPTION is Powered by the Harlot and soon to arrive Beast System! of course here speaks "clearly"

  • @55k3v1n

    @55k3v1n

    6 ай бұрын

    Yep. that little slime ball knows what's best for all of us

  • @jstello
    @jstello6 жыл бұрын

    check out how he uses meditation to be able to think the way he thinks; it is necessary to be able to see things as they are and not in the context of the fallacies that we are told and tell each other

  • @4everu984

    @4everu984

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m a therapist, people actively avoid meditation to not have the deal with the real answers only found in meditation.

  • @E.Hernandez108
    @E.Hernandez1083 жыл бұрын

    The woman makes a very good question, "is love a myth?" which he jugdes and dismisses. He exclude what he fears, and becomes a slave of it, revealing a weak spot by excluding his own image. The projection is annoying as a moderator.

  • @safwanshow

    @safwanshow

    2 жыл бұрын

    Saying love is a myth is a cliche as much as saying it is a heaven ..Man needs myths just as much he /she needs grounded realities ..love is a necessary illusion

  • @melorgomolox6828

    @melorgomolox6828

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you. interesting observation. there are so many mythologies related or involving Love. Likewise love is connection, connection is meaning, meaning and myths are intertwined

  • @Unbrutal_Rawr

    @Unbrutal_Rawr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who judged and dismissed what? He clearly replied that it wasn't a myth, but that it was weighed down by a whole mountain of myths. The Matrix story is an example of the Hollywood cliché of what love is, that is a myth. A better answer could have been given to be sure: love is a quite well-understood chemical process which inspires social enshrinement/standardisation and mythical representations. This highlights one issue with this talk and the exposition in his book - the almost total lack of linkage of culture to evolutionary biology. Thinking about that Matrix example, another problem comes to mind - there's no discussion of how stories that underlie societies relate to humans' artistic activity. I have no idea what fear and exclusion of image you're talking about.

  • @elizabethecarlisle1045

    @elizabethecarlisle1045

    2 жыл бұрын

    Touche' 👊

  • @edinstveniatedin5825
    @edinstveniatedin58253 жыл бұрын

    Narrari gives me shivers when he sats everything is an algorythm Like love...

  • @JoaoSantos-lv4rc
    @JoaoSantos-lv4rc5 жыл бұрын

    Pratchett - "Maybe they'll get it now." Death - "Maybe. " [silence] "tea?"

  • @midwestkatie8068

    @midwestkatie8068

    5 жыл бұрын

    Quoting Pratchett? Instant affection, Joao. 💖

  • @dinismantas7265
    @dinismantas72655 жыл бұрын

    Got some "Brave New World" vibes from this talk.

  • @lisamontez9401

    @lisamontez9401

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I particularly got a cold chill when he said that science is not really about truth, it's about power. What!!!???

  • @Dman9fp

    @Dman9fp

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lisamontez9401 For me in particular frontal cortex for critical thinking shutting off when devout followers listen to a preacher & might not be gender in humans in 100 years or so (given crispr could wreak havoc on people/ make ideal people with ideal ratios of everything to minimize suffering, could happen)

  • @sloandog

    @sloandog

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Dman9fp imagine equating marginalized groups recently gaining a voice to share their truth with a conspiracy about gender terrorism lmao

  • @Thistledove
    @Thistledove3 жыл бұрын

    My most product activity today was listening to and being inspired by my favorite two voices in the wilderness.

  • @C3yl0

    @C3yl0

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. This is why I am a firm believer that we need to encourage our society to pursue philosophical studies to develop a better understanding and have more insights about each topic.

  • @Foxtrotwilconiner1969
    @Foxtrotwilconiner19693 жыл бұрын

    Two favourite quotes from him ignorance was the greatest scientific discovery , Gossip is what hold some myths and stories together.

  • @kraigward
    @kraigward8 жыл бұрын

    This is quite possibly my favorite video I've ever watched on the Internet.

  • @AnkitSinghAnarchoAtheist

    @AnkitSinghAnarchoAtheist

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kraig Ward please watch his lecture series The brief History of Humankind available on KZread...It will change your perspective how you view the world

  • @Tokeknudsen

    @Tokeknudsen

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Ankit Singh Can you link to this lecture series?

  • @teoweiler

    @teoweiler

    5 жыл бұрын

    Toke Knudsen kzread.info/head/PLE-kxvSEhkzDEmLQx3RE09aKO4WS-M84t

  • @aliqasim9157

    @aliqasim9157

    5 жыл бұрын

    Then you have surely not watched Christopher Hitchens...haha.

  • @spinnakerthegreat2612

    @spinnakerthegreat2612

    5 жыл бұрын

    Watch the psychological interpretation of the bible series by peterson; breathtaking

  • @samt1705
    @samt17055 жыл бұрын

    Myths are 'Maya' or 'Mythak' in indic vedas. One needs 'Maya' to survive, yet one has to transcend it, to realize one's self and see the reality. Meditation is one of the ways one can do that. YNH's approach is in line with this ancient practice. 👍

  • @mayaram2411

    @mayaram2411

    3 жыл бұрын

    He was mentored by SN Goenka and still practices Vipassana meditation to this day.

  • @wj3186

    @wj3186

    2 жыл бұрын

    Uh....not exactly....

  • @raceyjaseyAP50
    @raceyjaseyAP503 жыл бұрын

    "The cognitive leap, do you have any idea why that happened? And how aware are you of the myths that you are propagating yourself?" That guy was the most intelligent questioner in the audience, by several strides.

  • @corporateraider9766

    @corporateraider9766

    3 жыл бұрын

    How was he intelligent? I find it rude and arrogant

  • @raceyjaseyAP50

    @raceyjaseyAP50

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@corporateraider9766 Fair enough. But I thought they were very important questions. We disagree on this, and that's OK

  • @shanedivix9306

    @shanedivix9306

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@corporateraider9766 the reason I agree that the questioner was intelligent is because we often fail to recognize those criticisms in ourselves that we readily level at others. It was a great question!

  • @sockpuppet563

    @sockpuppet563

    2 жыл бұрын

    section starts at 51:30

  • @yapiciyapici5874

    @yapiciyapici5874

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@corporateraider9766 but the same token, he is rude and arrogant as well.

  • @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209
    @thetruthwillsetyoufree92094 жыл бұрын

    Pain is mandatory, suffering is optional. Suffering is the human condition. Unnecessary suffering is widespread. I suffered through this talk. I embrace pain and suffering and make them my friends. I need an ice-cream and glass of wine now. 🍦🍷

  • @natsidrukdruk
    @natsidrukdruk7 жыл бұрын

    Opened my eyes!

  • @gin1740
    @gin17405 жыл бұрын

    he is the type of a man who would not seek politics ...yet his intelligence and clear way of seeing is what is really needed .

  • @nopharmamorelife1955

    @nopharmamorelife1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    The most brilliant and intelligent people never go into politics.

  • @martinehamon3818

    @martinehamon3818

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fudge!

  • @IUSTITA

    @IUSTITA

    Жыл бұрын

    You'd be a perfect SS soldier.

  • @gin1740

    @gin1740

    Жыл бұрын

    you have no idea of who I am...just hate talk. I have read his books and they are brilliant ...have you? Politics is tribal ...just look at the world today!

  • @zemudikat

    @zemudikat

    8 ай бұрын

    and what are you other than a waste of oxygen?@@IUSTITA

  • @MictheEagle
    @MictheEagle3 жыл бұрын

    ''It's often said that you study history in order to ''predict'' the future and learn lessons from the mistakes of the past and so forth. I think that the main reason to study history is to free ourselves from the past. The past controls us through all these stories and institutions; the past controls our hopes, our thoughts, our dreams, our fears and shapes them. This really limits the horizon of possibilities which we can see before us. I see my job as a historian in trying, just a little bit, to relax this grip of the past and enable us to envision a wider horizon of possibilities.''

  • @mojophe1617
    @mojophe16174 жыл бұрын

    Walking us strategically into an abyss. It's good to listen to new myth makers providing you listen carefully to the underbelly of what's been proffered.

  • @rtdmna

    @rtdmna

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, you are some one with logic. Rearly seen anymore. Peace.

  • @RK-qk7ow

    @RK-qk7ow

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for helping dissipate lies

  • @jasonsworld333

    @jasonsworld333

    2 жыл бұрын

    One hundred percent. A wise man once said to truly understand the world you have to understand the opposing idealism. This guy is perfect for that

  • @matthewsalmon431

    @matthewsalmon431

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you... I didnt know how to write what I was thinking constructively. But this is perfect👍🏿

  • @raz6630

    @raz6630

    Жыл бұрын

    If you actually think logically and critically you see he is full of circular logic, and self-contradicting statements often the logic he applies is very selective and flawed. For example, his claims about religion are too broad and sweeping. Also what he says about why men were typically more powerful and respected in society than a woman and is puzzled by how in modern society often the physically weak ones have more power but neglects the difference in needs of the present compared to the past, in the past life was essentially more physical more based on hunting, fighting, building etc, therefore this was an essential trait often while now life is far more social and mental, however old ways of thinking persist in culture so can carry through .

  • @matthewjackson9615
    @matthewjackson96156 жыл бұрын

    I agree with that he says at 1:18:11 in the video where he states that humans can effectively operate in an environment of cognitive dissonance . We live in a world of contradiction out of necessity. George Santayana made the same observation about the contradictory world in which we live : The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be. -George Santayana

  • @tdreamgmail

    @tdreamgmail

    4 жыл бұрын

    You speak as if this is not a useful evolutionary trait.

  • @SosaelCapo

    @SosaelCapo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great quote, thanks for sharing.

  • @greatmcluhansghost7134
    @greatmcluhansghost71347 жыл бұрын

    "sheep with nuclear weapons are far more dangerous than wolves with nuclear weapons." because the sheep are afraid and the wolves are not.

  • @briankaul1201

    @briankaul1201

    7 жыл бұрын

    Isn't that an awesome insight?!

  • @dragonslayer2565

    @dragonslayer2565

    6 жыл бұрын

    what does it mean

  • @hussainsuleman1

    @hussainsuleman1

    6 жыл бұрын

    It means that humans are most afraid and confused so they can easily be made to do things out of fear and paranoia not facts imo

  • @DaveBegotka

    @DaveBegotka

    6 жыл бұрын

    I am not afraid

  • @sharongillesp

    @sharongillesp

    6 жыл бұрын

    If we elect people in power who aren't afraid of nuclear war then we are a bunch of damn fools! I'd rather a president like Obama who is intelligently cautious than someone like Trump who is erratic. This guy is not to be considered an authority! He spews out provocative ideas while few people use their critical thinking skills!

  • @mikecollinsedema-oritsejaf1916
    @mikecollinsedema-oritsejaf19163 жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL &INTELLIGENT SPEAKER. I ENJOY HIS HONESTY.

  • @byronsmith1982
    @byronsmith19822 жыл бұрын

    One of the key players in this recent plandemic/global genocide scheme

  • @ahuman2482

    @ahuman2482

    Жыл бұрын

    Covid 19 is real. You have tremendously low iq to think otherwise.

  • @patharvard
    @patharvard4 жыл бұрын

    The more I listen to Harari, the less I am impressed with his understanding of the world. I would enjoy debating him on many of his conclusions.

  • @rogerlephoque3704

    @rogerlephoque3704

    4 жыл бұрын

    You gotta be kidding me! I don't think you are part of this world. You should read something - assuming you can read - of what has happened in the last 4,000 years here on planet earth. And that's just for starters. Nunc est bibendum, as one might say. Cheers "The more you wander, the greater the wonder The more you quench your thirst for wonder The more you drink from the cup of life..."

  • @patharvard

    @patharvard

    4 жыл бұрын

    roger le phoque No. I’m not kidding. Not at all. I am familiar with many aspects and periods of world history. History is so vast and dispersed that no human mind can contain and comprehend even the tiniest fraction of the original texts, art, architecture, tools, implements, mythology and archeology that exist in libraries, archives and museums. The practice of historical analysis is theoretical and interpretative. The further back we probe in time, the foggier and foggier the picture becomes as to what really happened. Historians have always filled in the gaps in their knowledge with speculation. Harari is no different. Harari is a brilliant compelling communicator. He offers us reasonable theories and interpretations and not so reasonable ones. This is true for all historians. No one is an all-knowing expert on the history of humankind. Why ever did you write what you have written, with your insults? You have no idea who I am or what I know. You have no need to defend Harari to me. You can be impressed with him and enjoy him, regardless of what I think. Cheers.

  • @reallythere

    @reallythere

    4 жыл бұрын

    Totally the same and hence I would love to hear you!

  • @rogerlephoque3704

    @rogerlephoque3704

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@reallythere Well, I am of the opposite opinion. Please could you give some specifics as to what it is that Harari fails to understand at the macro level. Thanks.

  • @reallythere

    @reallythere

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rogerlephoque3704 I would like to listen to verum est prius amore do his own video.

  • @jaimiecrosby1670
    @jaimiecrosby16704 жыл бұрын

    I think a lot of people do not give agriculture enough credit for what it's done to women and women no longer being in power. Agriculture has played a lot into that and it's worth talking about and educating others about. Love everything in this though!!

  • @philiphema2678
    @philiphema26782 жыл бұрын

    YNH is such a large intelligence I'm pleased there was no-one also on the stage presenting counter positions. In this format he Is connectrd to his audience . Brilliant minds, beautiful minds Thank you.

  • @juvenalhahne7750

    @juvenalhahne7750

    Жыл бұрын

    Eu queria antes ler a totalidade de. Sua opinião.

  • @billwolfe6638
    @billwolfe66383 жыл бұрын

    I'm always troubled by "theories" that ground society in biology and assert a "necessity" of mythology and lies - from Plato to Nietzsche - as a mask for power and politics.

  • @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837
    @nickidaisyreddwoodd58374 жыл бұрын

    Courage of speaking out against injustice saves lives.

  • @javedyusufzai363

    @javedyusufzai363

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is an Israeli that lives on land they took by force. I hope you respect justice in all cases equally. Be careful to not mock god's justice

  • @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837

    @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@javedyusufzai363 All Justice cases. I don't mock anyone.

  • @kevinfairweather3661
    @kevinfairweather36615 жыл бұрын

    Great discussion, best I've seen for a while..

  • @joelkavanagh1464
    @joelkavanagh14643 жыл бұрын

    never learned, revisited gratifyinly, REALLY THOUGHT so much in such a short space of time ...

  • @philliphayden2727
    @philliphayden27274 жыл бұрын

    This was autostarted for me by YT. Didn't look for it. What a brilliant enjoyable talk.

  • @Stallnig
    @Stallnig4 жыл бұрын

    A: "Hey, check this, I created a new Data processing system." B: "What, you mean like a giraffe or tomato?"

  • @MsKariSmith
    @MsKariSmith7 жыл бұрын

    An outstanding thinker. He gives you plenty to think about. From religion to economics...that will be changing in the next 40 or 50 years. Wish I could be around to see this revolution.

  • @kevintourdeaumad1666

    @kevintourdeaumad1666

    7 жыл бұрын

    wish I was born after 2050 or 2100 after so much bullshit and nonsense on earth would not exist anymore

  • @kevintourdeaumad1666

    @kevintourdeaumad1666

    6 жыл бұрын

    +September you can't stop evolution no in fact. those living in 2100 will have their own struggles too

  • @Michael-cl9mb

    @Michael-cl9mb

    6 жыл бұрын

    Isca S peak oil will limit this. And any benefits will be marketed for people who can afford it at the expense of the natural world and indigenous people.

  • @voiceofamos

    @voiceofamos

    5 жыл бұрын

    @David N basically.

  • @pereraddison932

    @pereraddison932

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Michael-cl9mb ... we had that peak oil MYTH thrown at us 60yrs ago. And, since then, that FAKE scarcity - scacily, has even made a dent in oil production; except maybe, in the coffers of the "Fossil" fuel "Profits", a momentary blip, and a forced worldwide manufacturing standstill, when people actually saved a bit of money by not having to buy petroleum products, to move about. Hydrocarbons were discovered and used, a very long time ago, and were probably used as a war machime excellent, for their terrorizing and frighteningly fierce catapults and such, and kept as a state secret by them and those and they, who used IT, a thousand years ago. Over the past 200yrs, we've burned so much more oil, like, many thousands of times more, than would ever have been made or produced by the critters and forests "they say" that IT came from... Regards... PDA ... and may, GOD BLESS EVERYONE BLESS EVERYTHING ALWAYS AMEN... signed by... the ROCK OF PHAGES ...

  • @d.c.603
    @d.c.6032 жыл бұрын

    I can be thankful for others for contributing for the betterment of all.

  • @havenbastion
    @havenbastion3 жыл бұрын

    We need explanatory stories to survive, we do not need myths. To the extent we use myths to fill in the gaps, our job as thinking persons it's to get rid of the myths and fill the space with knowledge.

  • @AutumnleafMind
    @AutumnleafMind5 жыл бұрын

    I question the fundamental bias on what power is, and patriarchal rule. This discussion is seen with a certain pair of glasses which does not question wether or not the frame work itself is correct. You are looking at a history written by those in charge. I appreciate the opening up of discussion on may levels. But still always we assume certain frameworks.

  • @ed7542

    @ed7542

    4 жыл бұрын

    You dont work half as hard as your grandfather did, not even close.

  • @Kobe29261
    @Kobe292617 жыл бұрын

    What a mind! He's such a beautiful man!

  • @fernandeslucena4921

    @fernandeslucena4921

    6 жыл бұрын

    I am from Brazil and I am happy to meet Yuval Noah Harari, his contribution to our future is of great importance.

  • @Michael-cl9mb

    @Michael-cl9mb

    6 жыл бұрын

    Anogoya Dagaati he is a technoutopian

  • @Michael-cl9mb

    @Michael-cl9mb

    6 жыл бұрын

    He only contributed to the destruction of the world

  • @firstal3799

    @firstal3799

    6 жыл бұрын

    You like him?

  • @ryanmckinstry1121

    @ryanmckinstry1121

    5 жыл бұрын

    A.D. et vou ad infinitum broski! Hayranim!

  • @shakilaasghar7486
    @shakilaasghar74864 жыл бұрын

    A brilliant mind and a more logical person I have ever heard before.

  • @Hippiekinkster

    @Hippiekinkster

    3 жыл бұрын

    TRY THIS: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jH2Kk7ewYrnfdps.html

  • @vsiegel
    @vsiegel4 жыл бұрын

    At first, I read it as: "Yuval Noah Harari on the myth we need to survive"

  • @nickvoutsas5144
    @nickvoutsas51444 жыл бұрын

    Such a clear thinker. We often cloud our thoughts with misconceptions and then comes Yuval to filter all that is noise.

  • @pavlekovacevic5787

    @pavlekovacevic5787

    Жыл бұрын

    He is homosexual

  • @Seven7Cities
    @Seven7Cities6 жыл бұрын

    Stories as stories (traditional myths, fiction), are often ways to concretize values. Yuval tends to overlook this in focusing on the factual basis of the explicit narrative. His genius, though, is in expanding the concept of myth to aspects of shared social reality, and looking at these in a creative way shorn of old assumptions.

  • @christinestromberg4057
    @christinestromberg40574 жыл бұрын

    I loved this, Fascinating and insightful.

  • @dalemclean5254

    @dalemclean5254

    Жыл бұрын

    FOOL

  • @tudorstubei4349
    @tudorstubei43494 жыл бұрын

    Exceptional moderator!

  • @eSKAone-
    @eSKAone-8 жыл бұрын

    I love this guy

  • @LorcanFlynn
    @LorcanFlynn7 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. I can also recommend Jared Diamond Guns Germs and Steel

  • @geekdivaherself

    @geekdivaherself

    5 жыл бұрын

    How so?

  • @The22on

    @The22on

    4 жыл бұрын

    Diamond is a great thinker. But he is marred by two things (in my opinion: 1. His refusal to state that religion is a myth that holds societies together. 2. That IQ is one factor of many determining the success or failure of a society. I think that he avoids these two issues because he does not want to face an angry crowd. I've seen him skirt direct questions about these two things. But he is smart enough to know that they are important. Harari is not afraid to call out religion as a myth. The great thinkers who speak their minds, regardless of whether people like it or not, are the ones who gain the most fame..

  • @aaronlopez717

    @aaronlopez717

    4 жыл бұрын

    .....to much cargo ! ? The invaders Carried! ( “ Cargo “ ) Long ago in tv programs by PBS A tiny idea of it : an explorer went to a faraway group of humans Three generation later this young man retook the his relative He took many gifts, supplies to giving to them . This humans welcome him ( he brings old photos that his grandfather took ) The leaders decide to throw away all this gifts ( this young man has the humble idea to give those gifts ) Because leaders saw the conflict that began to show, fights between them etc . The young man returned to his civilization

  • @jaredboyd2238

    @jaredboyd2238

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ancestors Tale - Richard Dawkins should be added to the atheist "Bible" as well.

  • @Hiphop101ize

    @Hiphop101ize

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, this! That was where he got the whole "I'm the leader because of geography a d my grandpa had a horse" argument. A must read to understand the world.

  • @echo-trip-1
    @echo-trip-14 жыл бұрын

    His point that Science is more about power than about truth is very interesting. That's what i have obseved too in my experience dealing with the scientific establishment, although I've always had an idealized view of science.

  • @gregoriojaca1888
    @gregoriojaca18883 жыл бұрын

    hey, does anyone know what study he is referencing in minute 17:00 . that would help me a lot thanks!

  • @healthymealthy775
    @healthymealthy7757 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy his work. It seems like Jared Diamond's style of work is catching on. I'm glad to see it. Although I must say I still prefer Guns, Germs and Steel.

  • @edwardwong654
    @edwardwong6544 жыл бұрын

    Is it just me or do I think we sapiens are the "bad" guys in any sci-fi horror movie? Except we are real.

  • @primus7776

    @primus7776

    4 жыл бұрын

    "We have met the Enemy, and the Enemy is Us"

  • @gariusjarfar1341
    @gariusjarfar13414 жыл бұрын

    Fight between entropy and reality, a mighty struggle is both realities, Yoval your knight to defeat entropy!

  • @vivianoosthuizen8990
    @vivianoosthuizen89904 жыл бұрын

    Life on this planet will not exist without love. You will understand this when you hold your own child in your arms.

  • @briaf3370

    @briaf3370

    18 күн бұрын

    It's obvious we don't love our children, why would we poke holes in the life raft that carries our children of the next generation to the future?

  • @silberlinie
    @silberlinie5 жыл бұрын

    I had the strong need to condemn the host because of his too long own remarks. But then everything changed. He lectured very wisely and appropriately on some of the most important films of our time. He mentioned the Matrix and he mentioned Back to the Future. Everything was forgiven.

  • @The22on

    @The22on

    4 жыл бұрын

    I felt the same as Yuval about the dumbass ending of The Matrix. Love and a Savior beats the evil computer! What a cop out!

  • @wojtekl1345
    @wojtekl13456 жыл бұрын

    Yuval rocks!

  • @p.c.1509
    @p.c.15094 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand the level of hype about Harari´s work. Can people help me to understand? What single really new idea or concept has his work introduced?

  • @sweetacapella

    @sweetacapella

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m struggling with this as well!!

  • @Mksinha-fb1ze
    @Mksinha-fb1ze2 жыл бұрын

    Talk with Richard Dawkins will be greatest of this era.

  • @patriciagriffin1505
    @patriciagriffin15054 жыл бұрын

    Amazing how he points out much of the obvious that is missed by so many of us. Thank you

  • @RafaelSantos-xl1ut
    @RafaelSantos-xl1ut5 жыл бұрын

    Always a pleasure to accompany the reflections made by Yuval.

  • @dalemclean5254

    @dalemclean5254

    Жыл бұрын

    he wants to destroy the human race!!!!!

  • @winartokuncoro4646
    @winartokuncoro46464 жыл бұрын

    Proud of you sir, thank you for your masterpiece book,, so beautifull to know the hostory humankind,,

  • @jareddunlop8411
    @jareddunlop84114 жыл бұрын

    Someone asked if he was aware of the myths he holds or tells (not exact words) I had to pause here. I think he is very aware about how we mentally form information, abstractions and narratives. If more people did, we might as a species not be at the mercy of the few and how benevolent they choose to be.

  • @PureAstorCatt

    @PureAstorCatt

    Жыл бұрын

    You can be too. Humans only use about 10% if the human brain. Look up Monroe Institute and hemi-sync as a start. Use knowledge for good and share your finds with others. He enjoys the attention, but he has much work to do within. It's not that he knows so much, its that he knows what information has been hidden from humans by people like him. It's fear based.

  • @tuncalikutukcuoglu8800
    @tuncalikutukcuoglu88007 жыл бұрын

    Good answers to good questions.

  • @itsmeshravs
    @itsmeshravs5 жыл бұрын

    He is an amazing original thinker , have learnt a lot

  • @mickaymiller9622

    @mickaymiller9622

    4 жыл бұрын

    He is charismatic but “original”? Read some of the thinkers mentioned; I think he does not claim to be original, only to give a high-level view of knowledge over time.

  • @upaliwedadewa6860
    @upaliwedadewa68603 жыл бұрын

    Greatly appreciated the knowledge of magazine and the illustrations of the global aliveness

  • @vimalcurio
    @vimalcurio3 жыл бұрын

    His ending is always awesome 😊 👍

  • @earthgirl8917
    @earthgirl89173 жыл бұрын

    "Homo sapiens is basically a bunch of sheep that got nuclear weapons, atomic power and sheep with nuclear weapons are far more dangerous than wolves with nuclear weapons because they aren't accustomed to such kind of power, they are much more frightened. And to have somebody who is afraid with nuclear weapons is much more dangerous than to have somebody who feels secure with nuclear weapons." ~ Yuval Noah Harari

  • @badgerlife9541

    @badgerlife9541

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s not about being “afraid“ though. It comes down to the simple fact that out of around 1,000 humans at least 1 human at any given time will be absolutely unstable, depressed, resentful, and simply filled with revenge against the world and existence itself! Often such people take their own lives, but sometimes they also kill their wife or children, or they go on a rampage with no regard for what happens to them or the human species afterwards. It is the existence of such people - no matter how well off we all are on average - that makes the presence of nuclear weapons so insanely dangerous.

  • @citronm1405
    @citronm14056 жыл бұрын

    This is an AWESOME talk! Thanks to the uploader!

  • @gariusjarfar1341
    @gariusjarfar13414 жыл бұрын

    It's about time we see the reality of 2 geometies, one entropy, the other reality and the consousness behind both realities.

  • @andrewgraziani4331
    @andrewgraziani43312 жыл бұрын

    26:08 And I'm already on my 3rd "wow you know he's right I hadn't thought of it that way "

  • @AnkurBorwankar
    @AnkurBorwankar3 жыл бұрын

    How I would have loved to watch this great mind and Christopher Hitchens share a stage.

  • @mirnabrilmann4404

    @mirnabrilmann4404

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too.

  • @elizabethecarlisle1045

    @elizabethecarlisle1045

    2 жыл бұрын

    Truer words .... 👊

  • @sushmarajbanshi1479
    @sushmarajbanshi14794 жыл бұрын

    He is such a clear thinker. So many new ideas to chew on after hearing you Yuval Harari. Thanks for the new insights 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @CCDR07

    @CCDR07

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think this book is extremely backwards looking and written from the lens of mainstream corporate-imperial ideology. You should try Raymond Pierotti's Indigenous Knowledge, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology for a much more insightful and grounded decription of human and cultural evolution.

  • @neliborba101

    @neliborba101

    Жыл бұрын

    Really? His ideology is ANTI-HUMAN. This man is for the destruction of the humankind.

  • @ibrahimtanah1913

    @ibrahimtanah1913

    7 ай бұрын

    *Because humans have been "improved & upgraded" by Allah SWT with a more attractive form, COMMON SENSE & given LIFE GUIDELINES from the Koran, humans must be responsible for their actions & cannot be free like animals. Atheists will not be able to win debates with religious people, especially with true Muslims. THE GOOD NEWS is that there is eternal life & happiness in the afterlife for those who truly obediently submit to Allah SWT*. .

  • @55k3v1n

    @55k3v1n

    6 ай бұрын

    They call him the prophet and is strangely referred to in the Bible. (Revelation 13) So many here are being deceived by this creep. His end is also prophesied (Rev. 19:11-20)

  • @ibrahimtanah1913

    @ibrahimtanah1913

    6 ай бұрын

    @@55k3v1n *In terms of funding, maybe Christians are stronger because of tithing funds, but sorry, in terms of authenticity, the Islamic holy book wins absolutely because the validity period of your bible has already ended for the Israelites only & when the Prophet Isa AS was sent, the bible is currently the same It doesn't apply at all, since there is a noble Qur'an and its purity is maintained... In terms of visits to the holy land, Christians are also far behind... Allah SWT deliberately chose the Prophet Muhammad SAW as the last Prophet & His Book (AL QUR'AN) is in Arabic because of the prayers of Prophet Ibrahim AS, whose love & obedience to Allah SWT was so extraordinary that he was willing to sacrifice his only child whom he had been waiting for for 80 years: Ismail*

  • @breadbasket8371
    @breadbasket8371 Жыл бұрын

    ``Creating and spreading fiction`` is exactly what you do, and you are very good at it

  • @claudespoliakoff3388
    @claudespoliakoff3388Ай бұрын

    19:06 the interviewer quotes an interesting study, whose conclusion was that the prefrontal cortex is turned off when listening to a charismatic speaker. It would be exceptionally interesting to find out how this was documented. Most congregations don't have access to functional MRI that would be needed to prove his conclusion.

  • @fenderblues1744
    @fenderblues17444 жыл бұрын

    He knows all this because he was there at the time.

  • @maryclarke5242

    @maryclarke5242

    4 жыл бұрын

    i love it thanks

  • @JoaoSantos-lv4rc
    @JoaoSantos-lv4rc5 жыл бұрын

    Neil Gaimman should love this hope he sees it.

  • @sach2j1005
    @sach2j10053 жыл бұрын

    Yuval: No government is willing to slow down the growth of their economy. Corona virus: Hold my beer.

  • @joelmolinapalau6811
    @joelmolinapalau6811Ай бұрын

    So, basically, many of us; perhaps most of us, we are forced to live the way we do, and limited or controlled by our own stories regardless our physicality and not quite "convinced" that this is the way it could be. And yet, we are clearly forced by all possible violent means, symbocally or not and our major threats are not a fantasy anymore and they are indeed very physical.

  • @thomasburkhart5078

    @thomasburkhart5078

    9 күн бұрын

    Even the other means that control us are just based on stories which also makes it clear nothing would have to be as it is if enough people would join to change the story

  • @Livanz1
    @Livanz12 жыл бұрын

    "up till now the most successful the most advanced algorithms in the universe were humans...but we are now creating better data systems than humans and humans will move aside ( he means you and your children make no mistake about it ) and the future will belong to completely different kinds of algorithms ... data replacing humanism ..." You said it bro ! Good luck .

  • @werwars1190
    @werwars11904 жыл бұрын

    Yuval is a good intermediary in the topic of consciousness. it is important to understand that our believes are models caused by fears. the nature of fear is vulnerability. To gain consciousness the first step is to recognize that we are all vulnerable. the second is the loose the fear of getting hurt.

  • @mamafox20

    @mamafox20

    2 жыл бұрын

    K.

  • @joylesliereimer5368
    @joylesliereimer53683 жыл бұрын

    Many educators actually ask children to "copy" exactly what they have been told and to regurgitate the info---- so that if you can copy very well: then you receive a 100%. Creative inventions are basically irrelevant and for daringly having fun creating new ideas is usually discouraged! Yes we need to constantly learn!

  • @luizamuller7527
    @luizamuller75273 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love the concluding comment urging us to look forward not bavward😍

  • @Reporterreporter770
    @Reporterreporter7707 жыл бұрын

    Harari is good

  • @fukpoeslaw3613
    @fukpoeslaw36134 жыл бұрын

    About one or two minutes in: "Intellectual acrobat", "logical leaps", were those words ment as compliments?

  • @wadaries

    @wadaries

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol, compliments in the eyes of a clown?

  • @REDPUMPERNICKEL

    @REDPUMPERNICKEL

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most, perhaps all, of what I write flows directly out of my unconscious being. I can't help but suppose this to be normal. Thus, whatever it was that evoked appearance of "Intellectual acrobat" may reverberate a while and later throw up "logical leaps". In the words of famed fictional psychiatrist Niles Crane, "Who knows why anybody does anything".

  • @gariusjarfar1341
    @gariusjarfar13414 жыл бұрын

    70 thou years ago a volcano in Indonesia extingguish humanity. Left was a bottleneck to create reality. Meanwhile in Aus the Abouriginals, our creators of the songline we sing had been in Aus for many 100ths of millenia.

  • @singdancing8
    @singdancing84 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed how he "answered questions" by obliterating the stance from which the question was asked...

  • @OliveJewel
    @OliveJewel8 жыл бұрын

    Is music a myth? Could love be a blend of myth and science? (an adaptation selected for?)

  • @newspeed8000

    @newspeed8000

    5 жыл бұрын

    +Lisa Rakestraw , music is a canvas, that provides us different different emotions or feelings, and resonates us with them! its not a myth, as not everybody listens to the same story!

  • @chrismaupin
    @chrismaupin3 жыл бұрын

    @24:53. "You don't become pope by beating up all the other cardinals." His wit blows me away! Love this guy.

  • @feliciaoana4766
    @feliciaoana4766 Жыл бұрын

    To resume : we have to change our believes ? I still do believe that A. there is no happiness without suffering B. the strongest will survive and this is man . About love ? there are a few who experience true love and soooo many things can made without . Every man can procreate out of his instinct . So very few children raise with love . Love makes you weak . Live is about figth to survive and possess . Who is able to possess goods , data , pleasure , women even without money or love ( if this is the strongest feeling we have ?!?!?! ) but useing force ? I"m afraid that what we are doing now in selecting will be the future .

  • @aperson2730
    @aperson27303 жыл бұрын

    I get the impression that the applause went on for quite some time after the point this video ended

  • @Stallnig
    @Stallnig4 жыл бұрын

    He has some good points but he also sometimes seems to conflate abstract definitions with concrete ones, seemingly resulting in some biases. Either that or he speaks in metaphores I don't understand.

  • @GlassJ0e
    @GlassJ0e4 жыл бұрын

    39:34 Science as an institution is not concerned with truth...but instead power. This seems to correlate well with the response to the current pandemic. So much energy is being spent on idea suppression and steering the public perception when the most vital early needs sputtered. Specifically, agreeing on a protocol for data collection seemed an obvious need that never broke through the panicked initial global response. As a human with a sixth grade understanding of the scientific method it was truly humiliating to witness such mass stupidity coming from the only people capable of helping.

  • @AshantChalasani
    @AshantChalasani3 жыл бұрын

    What about examining the abilities of prefrontal cortex to determine if men have better tool making abilities, which give them stronger power over their environments?

  • @angelikabehrend417
    @angelikabehrend4173 жыл бұрын

    It seems to me that eople, in general, don't forget former "stories" and convictions of their life, but rather, they're able to disconnect from the emotional state they experienced.

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