A brief history of humankind

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A brief history of humankind Feb, 2015 Video Economics, Trade and Policy Read time: The vast majority of woes and revolt and revolutions in history were not about food or territory, they were about fictions. They were about stories, says Yuval Noah Harari. Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and a professor in the department of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014), Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018). His writings examine free will, consciousness, intelligence and happiness. Keywords: collaboration competition conflict management crisis management decision making psychology

A brief history of humankind

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The vast majority of woes and revolt and revolutions in history were not about food or territory, they were about fictions. They were about stories, says Yuval Noah Harari.

Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and a professor in the department of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014), Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018). His writings examine free will, consciousness, intelligence and happiness.

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A brief history of humankind

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