Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies | Lex Fridman Podcast #390

Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/yuval-noah-harari-transcript 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil 1:24 - Intelligence 20:19 - Origin of humans 30:41 - Suffering 51:22 - Hitler 1:09:54 - Benjamin Netanyahu 1:28:17 - Peace in Ukraine 1:45:07 - Conspiracy theories 1:59:46 - AI safety 2:14:04 - How to think 2:23:47 - Advice for young people 2:26:28 - Love 2:36:38 - Mortality 2:41:02 - Meaning of life

Have Klaus Schwab on next!!! He has wonderful ideas to help people with his Great Reset. We will own nothing and be happy!

"Our brains love language so much, that we do not need something to be correct. We just need it to be a beautiful story". For me, this summarizes this video's most important aspects.

“Our brains love language so much that we don’t need the facts to be correct, we just need it to be a beautiful story.” ~Lex Friedman Music, architecture, aesthetics etc.

All the Authoritarian Leaders shared the same skill - 'psychopathy in action', and the ability to say or do anything, without feeling embarrassed or ashamed, and without any kind of ethos or principles, other than the idea that everyone should listen only to them. That is the story they tell, and desperate frightened people lap it up.

Maybe next Lex could talk to Klaus Schwab and let him explain how he's just a very misunderstood guy trying to make the world a better place 🤣

At 30:20 he makes a point about how stories can end up killing people, but fails to reflect on how this relates to the stories he and the WEF tell.

This interview deserves an award, incredible.

I read Sapiens … and it opened my eyes in so many ways .. helped me connect the dots and gave me perspective … then my life transformed… deeply ! These « stories » that he is talking about can « chain » you (including religion) and you don’t know it.. once, you « know », then you can choose .. and you can navigate life with much better precision! Thank you Yuval! You be some one of my favorite thinkers of all time. Perhaps my all time favorite!

Lex's expression as Yuval explains 2 months meditation without stories is priceless!