Astrophysics was very closely linked to politics for most of history. Whenever you tried to change what people thought about the origins of the universe it had immediate political implications. Something like the US Constitution was very new because it says, no, these laws have nothing to do with astrophysics. It's just some things we thought about. We're back continuing my one-on-one conversation with historian Yuval Noah Harare.
How did humans come to create society? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Yuval Noah Harari, historian and author of “Sapiens” & “Unstoppable Us,” discuss our species’ ability to cooperate, the role of artificial intelligence, and more.
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