Yuval Noah Harari is the author of Sapiens, a brief history of humankind. The book was first published in Israel more than 10 years ago now. It has been collosally popular to a degree that has really excited me personally. Some academics have criticized it for being unserious and undeserving of acclaim.
Yuval Noah Harari is a historian and philosopher whose books — "Sapiens," "Homo Deus," "21 Lessons for the 21st Century," and most recently "Unstoppable Us: How Humans Took Over the World" — have sold more than 40 million copies. He joins Rufus for a wide-ranging conversation about storytelling, life in the Stone Age, the future of democracy, and the threat of AI.
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