Coronavirus: Yuval Noah Harari, philosopher and historian, on the legacy of Covid-19 - BBC HARDtalk

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  • Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
  • The coronavirus pandemic has presented humanity with an almighty shock. Our evermore interconnected and technologically advanced societies are now in lockdown and we are fearful for our health and economic futures thanks to an invisible virus. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to the Israeli historian and best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari. What 21st century lesson can we draw from the spread of Covid-19?

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  • @AnaDiaz-qj6ph
    @AnaDiaz-qj6ph 2 года назад +6

    "It's not about health, it's about control".

  • @Stefanovic92
    @Stefanovic92 4 года назад +100

    00:00 Introduction
    00:59 This seems to be a moment that our mastery of the environment is extremely fragile, do you see it that way?
    3:13 Since your last talk 1 month ago, where you explained that the decision we make in the coming weeks will define our years to come. How are we doing?
    4:30 Why at this moment where leadership is needed, is it so lacking?
    7:33 Authoritarian strains of government seem to be effective right now, is that because of the lack of leadership?
    12:17 Is surveillance a power that we should be happy to invest in?
    17:09 "Algorithms knowing us better than we know ourselves" is that a good or bad thing for our species?
    19:45 How dangerous is fake news and misinformation?
    21:51 Does the covid-19 present a bump in the road in the development of humanity or is it something bigger?
    Yuval is always such an inspiration, amazing intellectual. In fact most of my videos on my channel are inspired by him. If you like topics like "how coronavirus will change our future" or "how AI is slowly getting to know us better than we know ourselves" then check out my latest videos.
    Cheers!

    • @SmasherDundey
      @SmasherDundey 4 года назад +2

      thanks!

    • @vizitiudragos8591
      @vizitiudragos8591 4 года назад +1

      Smooth!

    • @perro4996
      @perro4996 4 года назад +2

      I have seen you do this before. Ok i will check out your channel

    • @Stefanovic92
      @Stefanovic92 4 года назад +4

      Per Ro thanks man! I don’t want to be annoying so I only do it on relevant videos.

    • @sumittiwari1711
      @sumittiwari1711 4 года назад +1

      Thanks man! I just loved your short travel film. I think I'm going to wait for your next video.

  • @msfh1991
    @msfh1991 3 года назад +49

    Is it called hard talk because the interviewer interrupts him and makes it hard for him to talk?

    • @vsiegel
      @vsiegel 3 года назад

      Hard talk makes me expect an aggressive style of questioning - as a matter of style, not malice.
      But that requires to feel somehow on the same level, and I can just not imagine that even for a top journalist.
      He's just on a higher level of respect.

  • @cyruskalali8222
    @cyruskalali8222 3 года назад +73

    He is so great.
    A young Aristotle.
    I love Yuval..
    He is one of the few intellectuals who brings wisdom and care and calmness to us during these hard times.
    Thanks so very much yuval from Iran

    • @wurstfinger3289
      @wurstfinger3289 3 года назад +3

      HAHA a young aristotle. i had to laugh.
      "Take a human being, cut him open, look inside, and you will find no human rights there." thats what he sells as philosophy. the tragicomedy thing is, you seem to buy it.
      just a little example, which is as stupid as hararis "accountable critique" on moral as a demonstration:
      if i was hardtalk, why not asking harari, if i could cut off his head to show the publicity, there are no ideas in his brain?
      harari also called stalin a humanistic socialist and hitler was something similar ... what the fuck?! i mean, aristotle is the founder of science. harari obviously seems to be a founder of some other bullshit.

    • @IamRanJos
      @IamRanJos 3 года назад +1

      Yuval is from Israel

    • @hlulanizitha9920
      @hlulanizitha9920 3 года назад +1

      @@wurstfinger3289 Refreshing

    • @nabeelahmad8856
      @nabeelahmad8856 3 года назад

      @@wurstfinger3289 u r weird

    • @orjwanv5214
      @orjwanv5214 2 года назад

      @@wurstfinger3289 God bless you , he has degraded brain I mean listening to him is painful as listening to the dumbest person lecturing about philosophy

  • @bradwalton3977
    @bradwalton3977 2 года назад +6

    Harari seems to think that we can have totalitarian technologies without totalitarianism. He warns about despotism, but seems strangely optimistic about combining catastrophically abusable technologies with human beings.

  • @rosesareredhehe8388
    @rosesareredhehe8388 4 года назад +29

    Perhaps because of the interviewer, I now understand why this called HARDtalk.

  • @Trinitypater
    @Trinitypater 4 года назад +414

    Please stop cutting Yuval when he talks. It’s impolite and unpleasant to the viewers.

    • @timolff9239
      @timolff9239 4 года назад +18

      i liked it because otherwise you'd have the exact same answers as he gave in other interviews

    • @guymind9463
      @guymind9463 4 года назад +27

      @@timolff9239 Yes, if he's asked the same questions then he gives the same answers. Mind blowing.

    • @haiyingkong8227
      @haiyingkong8227 4 года назад +8

      @Vlad Nicolae Leu yes, he is arrogant ignorant idiot!

    • @dolganthecute
      @dolganthecute 4 года назад +1

      What I noticed is that he was clearly uncomfortable with the questions.

    • @lynnekaluzniak1894
      @lynnekaluzniak1894 4 года назад +2

      Ana Flora He didn’t, he was polite

  • @pensieri2596
    @pensieri2596 4 года назад +93

    Thank you Yuval, what a wonderful interview! The world definitely need more rational, intelligent people like him!

    • @truthalonetriumphs6572
      @truthalonetriumphs6572 4 года назад

      We need more people like him, but without the positive spin ...

    • @syedmutalquadri9791
      @syedmutalquadri9791 4 года назад

      Harari is not upto the mark. Does not answer any of the hard questions directly.

    • @isallgod6
      @isallgod6 4 года назад

      We have him!

    • @jaroslavzalesak1447
      @jaroslavzalesak1447 4 года назад

      Syed Mutal Quadri It is better that way, questions are sometimes more important than answers, because they start a discussion. Marx did answer to some of the important questions, sadly he was wrong and it ended up with disaster.

  • @amyrosenold-music-healing-yoga
    @amyrosenold-music-healing-yoga 4 года назад +22

    I hope the interviewer reads these remarks, he needs to see how he's seen.

  • @nhatnguyen1037
    @nhatnguyen1037 4 года назад +25

    HARDtalk’s woke up after a long sleep. Hope to see more videos like this one.

    • @bensonjose1205
      @bensonjose1205 4 года назад

      So i think Hard talks act as your Alarm..

  • @grizzlymartin1
    @grizzlymartin1 4 года назад +45

    So glad I "found" his books. One of my most valuable reads ever.

    • @rajkeplerhume5002
      @rajkeplerhume5002 4 года назад +1

      Same here. I was in awe when I was reading Sapiens. And now reading everything written by him, I'm eagerly awaiting his next book.

    • @wurstfinger3289
      @wurstfinger3289 3 года назад +1

      yeah its so valuable to read, that hitler was a humanistic leader, stalin a humanistic socialist, or that there are no human rights inside human bodies.
      this guy is not taken seriously in the world of historian, because he is not worth it.
      "there are no human rights in your bodies, cut them open and you will see" funny boy. shall i cut his head, or what do you need to see, that there are no ideas in his brain?^^
      at least i dont try to sell ideas like that as philosophy or a chronicle of the world.

    • @grizzlymartin1
      @grizzlymartin1 3 года назад +1

      @@wurstfinger3289 Suggestion: Read the words on the pages, not the preconceptions in your mind. Just say'n...

    • @wurstfinger3289
      @wurstfinger3289 3 года назад

      @@grizzlymartin1 "Read the words on the pages, not the preconceptions in your mind"
      what else? but words have a definition. how else could we use language? just say'n ...

    • @grizzlymartin1
      @grizzlymartin1 3 года назад

      @@wurstfinger3289 GMAFB!

  • @Kakaobutter
    @Kakaobutter 4 года назад +7

    2:50 "as conditions improve, expectations increase, so people can remain as dissatisfied or as vulnerable as before"
    huh, now that's something to think about

  • @detoxbody7636
    @detoxbody7636 4 года назад +2

    Hard Talk has been one of the best programme I watch, it's because the way the interviewer navigates and asks tricky questions. Like from Down under !

  • @mohelism
    @mohelism 4 года назад +40

    Although I've seen the first host who was as smart as Yuval is, the host needs to practice active listening skills no matter what the name of the show is.

    • @aperson2730
      @aperson2730 3 года назад +1

      His interviewing skills are ATROCIOUS plus his strange shouty way of speaking is very irritating

  • @AnaDiaz-qj6ph
    @AnaDiaz-qj6ph 2 года назад +4

    STOP THE ABUSE TO HUMANITY AND THE MIND CONTROL , LIVE AND LET LIVE

  • @Diescenesterdie
    @Diescenesterdie 4 года назад +12

    I am Harari's raised eyebrow when listening to this host.

  • @chandrashekarsrinivas2387
    @chandrashekarsrinivas2387 4 года назад +361

    BBC hardtalk interviewer needs some basic training on active listening skills!

  • @lilianaciocoiu2737
    @lilianaciocoiu2737 3 года назад +1

    It is a dialog. I found it coherent enough to express important questions, opinions, concepts. I am perfectly happy with this conversation.

  • @ouFabLseK-LLangir
    @ouFabLseK-LLangir 4 года назад +6

    never heard of this guy b4. been living happily without him.

    • @bernardofitzpatrick5403
      @bernardofitzpatrick5403 3 года назад

      ever heard of Paul Dirac, Alexandre Groethendieck, Grigori Perleman, etc etc .... ?

  • @rameshsaligram3450
    @rameshsaligram3450 4 года назад +5

    An excellent insight of a modern man who baffles with day today questions occuring in his mind.
    Thank you

  • @rowlandbarkley-oestilistad3531
    @rowlandbarkley-oestilistad3531 4 года назад +4

    The idea that that government surveillance of people could know them better than they know themselves is the most dangerous idea I ever heard that threatens the human race. I appreciate how brilliantly Yuval Noah Harari expresses himself. However, he will certainly change his mind about the value of being monitored if visits a regime that disappears philosophers.
    The interviewer starts many questions with "but", which creates separation and shows rejection.

  • @ana-OM
    @ana-OM 4 года назад +4

    mind opening, mind widening talk.
    Thank You indeed

  • @hintonhamilton1390
    @hintonhamilton1390 4 года назад +173

    Interviewer should do more listening and less talking and interrupting.

    • @luckylukewalker9834
      @luckylukewalker9834 4 года назад +2

      Hinton Hamilton yes awful plonker

    • @gaygambler
      @gaygambler 4 года назад +1

      Hinton Hamilton the jew talks shite.

    • @syedmutalquadri9791
      @syedmutalquadri9791 4 года назад +1

      Harari is not upto the mark. Does not answer any of the hard questions directly.

    • @anton9004
      @anton9004 4 года назад +3

      I felt the interviewer made appropriate interruptions. They were only conducive to broader and deeper discussions, and all his questions were quite pertinent.

    • @syedmutalquadri9791
      @syedmutalquadri9791 4 года назад

      @@anton9004 still believe Harari could have been more direct as we assume him to have a lot of fact based knowledge.

  • @yankhofreemansomanje6433
    @yankhofreemansomanje6433 2 года назад +5

    I read his books, and I was like "well, sounds like a smart guy". But listening and actually watching him speak, I am blown away. This guy thinks so clearly. True genius

  • @mutafire
    @mutafire 4 года назад +22

    His book was the best I read last year.

    • @mutafire
      @mutafire 4 года назад

      @John wayne Sapiens.

    • @maheshkumarparab362
      @maheshkumarparab362 4 года назад

      @@mutafire :Pls read 21 lessons for 21st century ,Another gem.

  • @katarinahinsey3931
    @katarinahinsey3931 4 года назад +125

    Guest Philosopher: getting to the bottom line that your medical information is no business of the police.
    Interviewer: interrupts to ask about sexuality.

    • @kaushikmalepati2495
      @kaushikmalepati2495 3 года назад +1

      Well this is "hard talk". And the point he brought up about sexuality is important as well, because it's true Google knows you better than yourself especially for younger generation.

    • @wurstfinger3289
      @wurstfinger3289 3 года назад

      please do me a favor and dont call harari "philosopher". he ages and miles away of it. but i see a point in it, because i think, harari wants to be a philosopher ...

    • @hugtv9683
      @hugtv9683 3 года назад

      So?
      They agreed he can go there .. otherwise show wouldn’t have ended well 😛😝😎

    • @Alex-bp5df
      @Alex-bp5df 3 года назад

      He started to interrupt when Harari was criticizing Trump... I could imagine who is supporting this channel economically

  • @rbewoor
    @rbewoor 4 года назад +4

    Hariris ability to connect disparate dots and then clearly enunciate the takeaway is breathtaking!

  • @kaiftintoiwala6414
    @kaiftintoiwala6414 3 года назад +2

    I had found his book accidently now I am very grateful for that

  • @mariaaugustasilva4967
    @mariaaugustasilva4967 4 года назад +1

    Very good talk by Harari. Altough he was interrupted sometimes that did not altered the flow of his thinking and actualy improved the quality of his answers. So, thank you all

  • @57curtnevan
    @57curtnevan 4 года назад +5

    Some Brits can't seem to avoid "talking down" to non-Brits. It almost sounds like being "humored". Germans have overcome that past attitude problem. The English, not so much. Harari is an important voice, especially now. He is the best kind of Academic, and not afraid of self-criticism.

    • @mauiswift6391
      @mauiswift6391 3 года назад +1

      They have a different approach to journalism, most countries do.

    • @57curtnevan
      @57curtnevan 3 года назад

      @@mauiswift6391 Your statement is true, but misses the more important principle of "a free Press".

  • @mtfine
    @mtfine 4 года назад +62

    Interviewer talks too much.

  • @gregblyons
    @gregblyons 4 года назад +7

    Brilliant mind - what a gift to humanity Harari is. Even the BBC are slightly less snooty with him :)

  • @harris7915
    @harris7915 4 года назад +1

    This is not enough. I want a book Mr. Harari. So wise and well thought.

    • @hollysykes6101
      @hollysykes6101 4 года назад

      It’s been written by him already. You could buy it or perhaps get it at your local library. The title is Homo Deus. Enjoy!

    • @harris7915
      @harris7915 4 года назад

      @@hollysykes6101 I've actually alread all of the books he has written. I need new book about navigating this complex world.

  • @syedmutalquadri9791
    @syedmutalquadri9791 4 года назад +14

    Stephen Sackur is an excellent Host. Known how to ask direct and hard questions.

    • @eonacademy5036
      @eonacademy5036 4 года назад

      Syed Mutal Quadri just a other rude idiot like him

  • @MrAlessiobat
    @MrAlessiobat 4 года назад +1

    It’s called “hard talk” for a reason which is, passive aggressive form of questioning. I’ve seen Stephen Sackur’s interviews and this was one of the most passives ever!

  • @worldofameiso5491
    @worldofameiso5491 4 года назад +3

    I’ll cut the interviewer some slack. It is always more difficult to conduct an interview at distance. It is not so easy to pick up on the other person’s body language, so you tend to cut in to avoid gaps in the conversation. I think he did a reasonable job.

  • @neilturner2368
    @neilturner2368 3 года назад +1

    This was a great interview. Thankyou! Would be interesting to hear his further thoughts 4 months on

  • @Ms-et1qb
    @Ms-et1qb 3 года назад +1

    This short _HardTalk_ interview with the _talk of the town_ -the modern day thinker/ philosopher Harari, on the current global concern of the raging Pandemic is truly an eye opener, thought provoking & to quite an extent serious fodder for the global leaders -whether or not they wish to safeguard n salvage humanity from becoming helpless pawns in the hands of despots.. mankind is truly on the brink of a watershed moment & i am not a doom sayer

  • @tommyrm
    @tommyrm 4 года назад +6

    Brilliant intellect. Very interesting interview.

  • @martinjosealvarez
    @martinjosealvarez 3 года назад +1

    Yuval tiene el pensamiento más claro que muchos políticos del mundo.

  • @massimoacerbis8138
    @massimoacerbis8138 4 года назад +5

    Professor Harari is so smart and realistic that even for hard talk is difficult to put him out of comfort zone
    He is that focus on exploring than defending his position

  • @murongyunhai
    @murongyunhai 3 года назад +1

    The interviewer is very very wise and insightful

  • @GroovismOrg
    @GroovismOrg 4 года назад

    Our only hope is to Be with The One!! Love our lives & Mother Nature'll step in & evolve us!!!!

  • @prisonss
    @prisonss 4 года назад +1

    The world should sit up and listen to yuval

  • @dinamartynkina5420
    @dinamartynkina5420 4 года назад +3

    Great talk! Thanks a lot!

  • @becauseicount3483
    @becauseicount3483 4 года назад +17

    The use of technology has to be discussed. Something Harari has been saying for at least 5 years

  • @ArkaGhosh024
    @ArkaGhosh024 4 года назад +9

    Let the guy speak.

  • @jocelynegacuma338
    @jocelynegacuma338 4 года назад +1

    🎀🕯️ Thanks for this documentary, it's always great to know views and points from others. We can only learn from others because no one knows everything. Thanks for views of perfect is imagination.
    ☁️🕊️ God bless

  • @nicholasmitchell8749
    @nicholasmitchell8749 4 года назад +1

    One of the best Hardtalks iv watched. "Under the skin" surveillance. Nice way to avoid the video being censored!

  • @rascalkr4967
    @rascalkr4967 4 года назад +6

    "...surely..." -- "Hey. Don't call me Shirley."

  • @ypstomer
    @ypstomer 4 года назад +4

    Excellent explanation 👍. You are great intellectual Sir 👍.

  • @RedmondWayne
    @RedmondWayne 4 года назад +20

    What an intelligent, forward thinking man, with insights that should make all of us think. Really interesting discussion.

    • @simoncoco1
      @simoncoco1 4 года назад +5

      I'm afraid I would personally disagree; while he is able to collate retrospective and well established (I.e not discovered by him) scientific theory into useful and digestible form such as in Sapiens; in watching interviews with him he allows his liberal left-leaning ideology to cloud his foresight. For example his notion that invasive surveillance is a necessary evil in order to protect humanity from pandemics is dangerous and nonsensical. We know scientifically that these zoonotic viruses have statistically emerged from a very small selection of regions and emerge from relatively limited types of human behaviours and interactions with the original animal hosts. The common sense approach is to place our global effort into preventing the type of human animal interactions in the high risk areas however this guy's refusal to allow his brain to entertain the obvious solution because it could appear to be Xenophobic or racist (I am a black man myself).
      If your bath was overflowing with water and flooding your house would you rush to unplug the bath or would you spend you time trying to invent so innovative way of covering all of belongings in plastic?
      I'm afraid the fear of sacrificing his liberal ideas have directed Yuval towards a solution 'surveillance that he knows more than anybody has been the tool of regimes from Stalinism, Nazism, Communism to McCarthyism (and many more besides) as a tool of discrimination, oppression and mass murder. If Hitler had access to technology that Yuval is promoting the hunting of Jews would have been much more swift and efficient and it would have been impossible for any type of 'underground resistance' to have been mounted.
      We need to use our common sense and scientific understanding not our politics.
      Pro tip: When an 'expert' reflexively blames Trump for the worlds ills just tune out.

    • @RedmondWayne
      @RedmondWayne 4 года назад +5

      @@simoncoco1 You make some valid points about origins and how these viruses might be managed at source. It's true that political correctness prevents candid discussion and unused commonsense prevention spread applications (closing borders/prompt travel restrictions) have complicated this outbreak. I don't agree, however, that Mr. Harari was actually pushing for the use of the invasive technology he mentioned. It is my thought that he was just responding to the reality of what was already happening and he clearly stated that Israel and every other state should be denied its use except for necessary medical monitoring in order to protect society at large. He didn't seem to be advocating for its usage in any manner. I guess people will read into anything they see or read, from their own perspective. I still think Mr. Harari is a man of distinction, and worthy of being heard.
      Thank you, Mr. DBH, for being so civil, and allowing discussion of differing points of view. I have never before joined public discussions in this manner, so probably won't go any further with this, but am happy to see that many others are interested in doing what they believe to be is the best for society. We should all be interested, whatever the political stripe.

    • @solomontruthlover5308
      @solomontruthlover5308 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/G9hhDUTl0Mw/видео.html

  • @ZebraStandards
    @ZebraStandards 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for your insights Matt Lauer

  • @cakt410
    @cakt410 3 года назад +2

    I look up to this guy so much. His mind is extraordinary. LOVED his book! We will look back at it as legendary even centuries to come.

  • @zetetikos21
    @zetetikos21 4 года назад +1

    Great chat and great t-shirt!

  • @PauloSilva-gd7ii
    @PauloSilva-gd7ii 4 года назад +1

    Pretty good episode of BBC Hardtalk.

  • @NikhilVerma-qd1uu
    @NikhilVerma-qd1uu 4 года назад +19

    Yuval is a living legend!

  • @RafaelSantos-xl1ut
    @RafaelSantos-xl1ut 4 года назад +4

    19:51 I'm from Brazil and what's happening here is very worrysome.

    • @ilkaAR
      @ilkaAR 4 года назад +1

      Unfortunatelly, we have been remembered as a bad example...

  • @ChicoBranquinho
    @ChicoBranquinho 4 года назад +1

    Great mind to whom I'm grateful for clearing my own mind in several episodes including this one as well. Thank you Yuval.

  • @mauiswift6391
    @mauiswift6391 3 года назад +1

    I really don’t agree with the comments of him constantly interrupting, I’ve seen a lot worse, he was engaging and challenging. Yuval is brilliant and this gentleman was thought provoking.

  • @matladimoagi7386
    @matladimoagi7386 4 года назад +12

    More people should watch this. Historical perspective is important. Yuval is right on the money. Facts on facts.

    • @bensonjose1205
      @bensonjose1205 4 года назад

      Ok buddy

    • @simoncoco1
      @simoncoco1 4 года назад +2

      I'm afraid I would personally disagree; while he is able to collate retrospective and well established (I.e not discovered by him) scientific theory into useful and digestible form such as in Sapiens; in watching interviews with him he allows his liberal left-leaning ideology to cloud his foresight. For example his notion that invasive surveillance is a necessary evil in order to protect humanity from pandemics is dangerous and nonsensical. We know scientifically that these zoonotic viruses have statistically emerged from a very small selection of regions and emerge from relatively limited types of human behaviours and interactions with the original animal hosts. The common sense approach is to place our global effort into preventing the type of human animal interactions in the high risk areas however this guy's refusal to allow his brain to entertain the obvious solution because it could appear to be Xenophobic or racist (I am a black man myself).
      If your bath was overflowing with water and flooding your house would you rush to unplug the bath or would you spend you time trying to invent so innovative way of covering all of belongings in plastic?
      I'm afraid the fear of sacrificing his liberal ideas have directed Yuval towards a solution 'surveillance that he knows more than anybody has been the tool of regimes from Stalinism, Nazism, Communism to McCarthyism (and many more besides) as a tool of discrimination, oppression and mass murder. If Hitler had access to technology that Yuval is promoting the hunting of Jews would have been much more swift and efficient and it would have been impossible for any type of 'underground resistance' to have been mounted.
      We need to use our common sense and scientific understanding not our politics.
      Pro tip: When an 'expert' reflexively blames Trump for the worlds ills just tune out.

    • @matladimoagi7386
      @matladimoagi7386 4 года назад

      @@simoncoco1 I personally do not see whats wrong with being a left leaning liberal. Democracy and liberty demand this from us as evolved beings. The idea that his liberal stance inherently clouds his judgement is just an ad hominem.
      On the question of surveillance. There is a tendency of people to take offense when they are being surveilled. At the same time, they want us to keep an eye on others cultures and behaviors when it suits them and their agenda. The fact is, surveillance is part of who we are. We monitor and direct behaviors as we see fit, conservative or liberal. And like he said in the clip, it's up to us how we choose to use this social tool. In an era were conservatism was a norm, surveillance was used for good and also a lot of bad things. This is why historical perspective is important. By studying homo sapiens past politico-social behavior. As a liberal social group, the idea is to survey and pick behaviors that serve not to undermine people based on prejudice but that allow for most freedoms as much as possible. Detrimental as that might be, at least people exercise their freedoms without following a centralized dogma or forced to think a certain way. This is the sphere of allowing free thought to flourish.
      Hitler was a bad man as a molesters are bad humans by their natural inclinations. This has nothing to do with surveillance. He merely used it as a tool. The fact of the matter is we are always under surveillance. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a need for a governing body. Get your mind to accept that fact. It is a requirement to ensure the safety and security of social groups. We look out for each other and call out wrong doers based on our moralistic predilections.
      Trump is a stooge for an ideology he does not fully understand. He has no firm grasp of the powers he has and thus must be attacked for showing weak leadership. He poses as a savior, a savior of what and who? As a leader of the free world, he must embrace his left leaning stance but caters to a base that put him in power to the detriment of a whole nation. He attacks institutions which took years to assemble for minor gains, without realizing he is hurting the very system he is trying to protect. Now the country is divided because he has caused so much polarization he cannot even govern without outright opposition. I like the guy because his heart is at the right place and tries to please people. But!!! his populist and nationalistic antics have hurt the global system of unity and cooperation. He has pushed moderates to extremes. He is burying a dagger into the heart of an international system which has served humanity well for years by taking a nationalistic stance. Of course without realizing that if it wasn't for international travel and commerce, America wouldn't exist today. It's a state of international colonists coming together. Take a look at the history.

    • @simoncoco1
      @simoncoco1 4 года назад +2

      @@matladimoagi7386 As briefly as possible: Political ideology should be separated from the scientific approach to curtail viruses which after all are a-political and cannot be persuaded not to kill through rhetoric. Secondly 'the knife as a tool or weapon' analogy is misplaced here except for confirmation that as species if we can weaponise something we inevitably will. However we're the analogy falls most short is in terms of access and control; a knife is a weapon if both sides only have access and control of knives however if one party has a knife and the lit adversary has a sub-machine gun then a knife is for 'cutting salads' or whatever Yuval said. What is at issue here is the asymmetry of of access and control of the so called 'tool' I.e a government has the power to surveil and track us but if we discover that a political leader is corrupt, violent or increasingly authoritarian then we as civilians do not have access to this tool to track the powerful down and hold them to account.
      As far as Trumps concerned the U.S institutions where compromised far beyond the impact of Trump way before he ever came to power; Obama invaded Libya with approval of Senate, Bush invaded Iraq under false pretenses. When American politicians leave office they go an collect the spoils from the Wall St interests they've propped up by collecting millions of dollars in speaking fees.
      I'm no fan of Trump per se but Hilary Clinton is a war Hawk and of she had won I'm almost certain the U.S would be at war with both North Korea and/or Iran by now.
      Further even at his current rate deportations his unlikely to deport more Mexicans than Obama did.
      Of course things could all change and Trump could decide to launch some novel military invasion of some oil-rich nation as each of the last 4 American presidents have but so far he's not been as trigger-happy as he predecessors.

  • @tinguzz
    @tinguzz 4 года назад +1

    The biggest takeaway which the interviewer did not allow Mr. Yuval to explain is : Democracies (with multiple power centers and free media) should have contained the infection in the bud. Authoritarian regime like China de-escalated the infection. A free media inside China would have reported it to the world in the beginning pressing alarm bell.
    I have read three books written by this genius, all the best and long healthy life to this beautiful mind.

  • @GoToGuy222
    @GoToGuy222 4 года назад +27

    unless you can reduce greed and corruption the data will always be abused.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 4 года назад

      So unless you can fundamentally improve the human mind's peace and quiet, which people assume is impossible and will forever be impossible. Why do we do that?

    • @GoToGuy222
      @GoToGuy222 4 года назад

      @@squamish4244 Why do we do what?

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 4 года назад +4

      Assume we can't change human greed and corruption and make people better people. "Just human nature, can't change human nature..." etc.

    • @GoToGuy222
      @GoToGuy222 4 года назад +3

      @@squamish4244 If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It’s a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we’re taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest.
      But what if it isn’t true? International bestseller Rutger Bregman provides new perspective on the past 200,000 years of human history, setting out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. In fact this instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens. Humankind

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 4 года назад +2

      Yes, it's a belief that united most of Western thought. But not Eastern thought. I've spent 15 years in the Buddhist world and the Buddhist and Hindu cosmologies have a very different take on this. The universe emerges from a primordial consciousness that is stainless and pure, and humans are a manifestation of that. We're just buried under the weight of our karma (conditioning, thought patterns, trauma etc.) that we can't see it.
      Also, the belief that unites Western thought is itself just a belief. Buddhism claims that you can discover through experience that this belief is false.
      Yes, I have read certain scientists who question the notion that we are hardwired to be bad. It's almost like heresy to challenge the notion, but it would seem obvious that we survived less by murdering other humans and more by a tremendous amount of cooperation and kindness. The former scientific hypothesis of the 'killer ape' may get more attention because it's more exciting and therefore grabs even more attention, while cooperation is just so...booooring. It also may emerge from Western science's background in Christianity and its idea of original sin.

  • @kmichalene
    @kmichalene 4 года назад +1

    Fascinating discussion, even with the interruptions of the interviewer. It’s a discussion between two people. People will interrupt one another. The interviewer is raising some interesting points. Yuval has such an interesting perspective! As regards the question around Yuval’s sexuality, it seemed relevant question. Even Yuval has discussed this. In the context of this discussion, and of his life, around around the subject of surveillance, it was a valid question.

  • @aydeeflores3528
    @aydeeflores3528 3 года назад

    Yuval thank you for your views about that👍👍👏👋

  • @gw868
    @gw868 4 года назад +67

    This interviewer is terrible - constantly interrupts and talks way too much, trying very hard to show off himself.

    • @Waltzhybrid92
      @Waltzhybrid92 4 года назад +1

      This is normal for hardtalk interviews.

    • @ameliapan7135
      @ameliapan7135 3 года назад +1

      @@Waltzhybrid92 reason why it's called HARDtalk

  • @hana7194
    @hana7194 4 года назад +2

    He is telling the truth, but BBC is challenging to him

  • @misterbaig1774
    @misterbaig1774 4 года назад

    Such a critical questions, enjoyed it.

  • @pariganakaya
    @pariganakaya 4 года назад +9

    A man with a wonderful vision for our time. Thank you sir.

  • @davelance9585
    @davelance9585 4 года назад +4

    I want to see a discussion between Andrew Yang and Yuval Noah Harari. Yuval and #HumanityForward, #YangGang share many common goals and values. Forward thinking together!

    • @jonarudy
      @jonarudy 4 года назад +1

      Yang should invite him on his podcast - Yang Speaks #HumanityForward

    • @sumittiwari1711
      @sumittiwari1711 4 года назад +1

      Guess what?! Once I got a chance to ask anything from Andrew. My question was have you read Sapiens? #YangGangInternational #humanityforward
      ruclips.net/video/5qG0rDqtzSA/видео.html 43:02 check out!

    • @timolff9239
      @timolff9239 4 года назад

      harari already hinted once at what he thought of people like yang, in an IMF interview where he talked about basic income. He said that two issues exist with the modern idea of universal basic income. 1) 'universal' should mean global and not national - because harari expects income inequality within a country to be dwarfed by income inequality between countries in the next 50 years. He expects to see a return of 19th century industrial revolution power relations between developing world and developed world. 2) he argues for universal basic necessities and not universal basic income. Harrari is more skeptical of the idea of money which means he'd prefer to have certain basic goods being collectivized rather than giving people money. I think Yang would not be able to engage with Harrari well. Because yang might actually agree with him, but Yang is a politician who has to be more pragmatic than harari rather than just theoretical. So Yang is forced to participate in the national game of US politics rather than the world.

    • @davelance9585
      @davelance9585 4 года назад +1

      @@timolff9239 Harari is not against universal basic income. You aren't off base completely, but Harari understands money is not going away and that UBI is 100% necessary, and also far superior to any bureaucratic safety nets providing 'goods' currently. If you read his books you would know he mentions how simply jumping through the endless bureaucratic hoops just to get the assistance is one reason UBI is superior. Your assumption that Harari prefers food stamps over UBI couldn't be farther from the truth. And your assumption of his opinion of 'people like Yang' is stupid, plainly. Sounds like you can't get over your own ego and for some reason think yourself worthy of knowing what a guy as intelligent as Harari holds as opinions on 'people like Yang'. I think Harari would be offended by it likely. He specifically mentions it in all 3 of his most recent books. Sapiens and Homo Deus more so if I remember correctly. I think you are putting together your own interpretation combining your own opinions. Not Harari's. Harari's book Sapiens literally inspired a new UBI movement. Partly inspired Yang to run. Yang mentions him and many of the points from his book Sapiens often.

    • @davelance9585
      @davelance9585 4 года назад +2

      @@sumittiwari1711 Yang is constantly using key points from Sapiens to communicate his message. It was one of many things that motivated his presidential run. And his humanity first 'mission' in general.

  • @deborahelhadjfairfax07ff24
    @deborahelhadjfairfax07ff24 4 года назад +1

    He Is so right - you can't blame foreigners exclusively but must shoulder the responsibility globally for everyone's sake
    Thus information sharing IS vital if the world is to make progress - no barriers or borders here - no misconceptions or preconceptions
    Either.

  • @entityrocknrolla
    @entityrocknrolla 3 года назад

    Hard Talk’s interviewer has clearly let it’s own past achievements and it’s ‘reputation’ for asking ‘tough smart questions’ get to his head where in this interview, the only thing he is trying to do is live up to his own ego and doing exactly that. To be seen asking questions which glorify himself and the production with very little sincerity for an excellent insightful interview. You simply cannot have that if the conversation is being constantly interrupted awkwardly.

  • @shivakorn
    @shivakorn 4 года назад +41

    I fail to see the point of the host, pointing out harari's sexual inclinations and linking it with the surveillance systems...come on...this is pathetic man...that man is trying to do something for humanity... Very sad...indeed...even during these times...we have people like the host here...sad..
    .

    • @lynnekaluzniak1894
      @lynnekaluzniak1894 4 года назад +5

      rahul shiva shankar The question was a good example of how governments can collect personal data on citizens via surveillance

    • @shivakorn
      @shivakorn 4 года назад +1

      @@lynnekaluzniak1894 I am sorry ma'am, but the intention was clearly to highlight harari's sexuality...the intention wasnt really honest actually...

    • @lynnekaluzniak1894
      @lynnekaluzniak1894 4 года назад

      rahul shiva shankar We have to agree to disagree

    • @shivakorn
      @shivakorn 4 года назад

      @@lynnekaluzniak1894 yeah...the guy below has a valid point...thank you too...

    • @dantemiguel93
      @dantemiguel93 4 года назад +3

      rahul shiva shankar I find it funny because that example has been given before by Harari himself. From where I’m standing, the host merely cued up something he had already heard online from previous Harari talks. A talking point that’s already been used.

  • @davidanderson9664
    @davidanderson9664 4 года назад

    Yuval has a nice study! Lots of books. Well.... its not like he'd have "The Price is Right" playing on a TV behind him Or a NASCAR calendar. :-) D.A., NYC (NYC - Still #1 worldwide!)

  • @SaifAli-kl2jj
    @SaifAli-kl2jj 4 года назад +3

    What a fabulous insight from yuval, 20 minutes is far too less for this kind of thoughtful discussion, hope for a follow-up session

    • @aperson2730
      @aperson2730 3 года назад

      There are a lot of his videos on RUclips

  • @BobQuigley
    @BobQuigley 4 года назад +6

    in world of 8 billion humans with 80 million new precious lives born each year this situation will only get worse

    • @wurstfinger3289
      @wurstfinger3289 3 года назад

      not every human culture is or was convinced to be the only parasite, who survives his host. capitalism is an european idea. i hope at least once upon a time you will see, why this refutes your point ...

  • @missionariaprotectiva
    @missionariaprotectiva 3 года назад

    Excellent programe

  • @marcymurraylikes
    @marcymurraylikes 4 года назад +2

    Journalism MUST shift into pure listening, greater knowledge and forget all about sensationalism. People are not in need of entertainment in news like the past 3 decades. We want real discussion.

  • @maxlimbo007
    @maxlimbo007 4 года назад +2

    Thank you BBC.. and Stephen! Excellent interviewer!

  • @sudhirpatel7620
    @sudhirpatel7620 3 года назад +2

    The comments are tearing the interviewer to pieces.

  • @googurll09
    @googurll09 4 года назад

    The reference to the knife really reminded me of a book The Knife of Never Letting Go, which I suspect he's read!

  • @ArmandTRobotson
    @ArmandTRobotson 4 года назад +5

    They should call it ..
    Trivial Talk...

  • @Troglodyte2021
    @Troglodyte2021 4 года назад +8

    a wise man who sees through things.

  • @cynthiagelmirez3738
    @cynthiagelmirez3738 4 года назад +4

    Cynthia - I think it would be more helpful to understand that people can be misunderstood - so to think that something outside of my mind understands my mind better than I understand myself is not possible - it is not realistic

  • @injujuan8993
    @injujuan8993 4 года назад +8

    Now I'm curious what did they talk about after the programme stopped

    • @zkhan8369
      @zkhan8369 4 года назад

      How to get the whole of Palestine lands in such situations. How can POMS help in that. Yadda radda daddda

    • @injujuan8993
      @injujuan8993 4 года назад +1

      @John wayne You're quite right, fascinating topic 😁😁😁👍👍👍

  • @os2841
    @os2841 4 года назад +14

    LOVE yuval but the interviewer interrupting him is giving me anxiety. Are you on some kind of time limit that you need to constantly interrupt? Its rude.

  • @jonahonyealisi4279
    @jonahonyealisi4279 3 года назад +1

    The program is called hardtalk. Involving aggressive questioning 😊

  • @patrickwei6428
    @patrickwei6428 4 года назад +6

    The horse painting was done by a great Chinese painter Beihong Xu! Nice choice!

  • @henahassan9082
    @henahassan9082 3 года назад

    Great conversation

  • @mahendrasinghthakur3973
    @mahendrasinghthakur3973 4 года назад

    Great person.I Salute.

  • @valdo9737
    @valdo9737 3 года назад

    Brilliant intellectual intercorse. Iron sharpening Iron!

  • @CatchtheDay49
    @CatchtheDay49 4 года назад +1

    Google knows me better than what I know myself...

  • @DdrtAddh
    @DdrtAddh 4 года назад +4

    The scientific community lost its reputation in a disgraceful way by letting in political considerations.
    The bogus and fraudulent Lancet article about HCQ (that was later retracted) is a very dark reminder of that.

  • @chufang50
    @chufang50 4 года назад

    Hard talk is hard to listen 😳 let Harari speak✊

  • @bilourkhan3345
    @bilourkhan3345 4 года назад

    A sane voice based on solid arguments.

  • @padmajapadikal1815
    @padmajapadikal1815 3 года назад

    I understood from this interview that continuously interrupting the guest and changing the topic before he completes is called Hardtalk.

  • @korpocrey2557
    @korpocrey2557 4 года назад +2

    the talk is great, the cuts and framing is weird :D

  • @ronaldralfbecerra2541
    @ronaldralfbecerra2541 4 года назад

    Very insightful conversation but it’s no surprise that political system found the perfect excuse to watch us out more deeply

  • @gustavoritterstein4644
    @gustavoritterstein4644 4 года назад +7

    Harari is quite an intelligent person.

  • @indricotherium4802
    @indricotherium4802 4 года назад +7

    The discussion on authoritarianism is misleading here because an authoritarian regime can just as easily choose not to contain and lock down as to contain and lock down.

    • @edbliek9895
      @edbliek9895 4 года назад

      Proving.???

    • @indricotherium4802
      @indricotherium4802 4 года назад

      @@edbliek9895 : you'd probably need to review the video if you're not quite sure of the context. Stay well.

    • @JEiowan
      @JEiowan 4 года назад

      Stephen Paul - to your point, America.

    • @solomontruthlover5308
      @solomontruthlover5308 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/G9hhDUTl0Mw/видео.html