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

"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.

4:40 Prof Harari: “to have consciousness without any intelligence is impossible” Me: “…hold my beer”

The ability to cooperate in unlimited numbers is the super power of humanity.

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!

I asked chatGPT to convince me I should have ice cream tonight, Yuval Noah Harari style: "As the stars emerge to paint the night sky, and the world's cacophony softly subsides, seize this fleeting moment to delight in ice cream's unpretentious allure. Embrace the symphony of taste and the rush of emotion it brings. Allow it to remind you of the small, remarkable joys that give life its richness and purpose."

It’s not just about suffering. It’s about respect for something other than yourself. Compassion does not require suffering. But compassion is the willingness to suffer for the other. And it goes both ways, it should.

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

Çok güzel bir sohbet olmuş, zevk ile dinledim, teşekkürler Lex! Harari'yi uzun zamandan beri takip edip dinliyordum, çok değerli fikirleri olduğu için, ve yine çok öğretici bir program olmuş, teşekkürler.