We’ve already seen a glimpse of it in the last epidemic of fake news. But now the merger of biotech and infotech in neuroscience and the ability to gather enormous amounts of data on each individual and process them effectively means we are very close to the point where an external system can understand your feelings better than you.

Even though neuroscience shows us that there is no such thing as free will, in practical terms it made sense because nobody could understand and manipulate your innermost feelings. This is why your feelings are the highest authority in your life and also in politics and economics – the voter knows best, the customer is always right. Liberalism is based on the assumption that you have privileged access to your own inner world of feelings and thoughts and choices, and nobody outside you can really understand you. His fascinating keynote speeches reflect the topics of his research and books. His ideas have profoundly influenced the teaching and writing of anthropology around the world. Harari is one of the most widely-read and cited historical authors of today. In his most recent book, 21 Lessons, Yuval Noah Harari focuses on the biggest questions of the present moment: What is really happening right now? What are today’s greatest challenges and choices? What should we pay attention to?

Currently his research focuses on macro-biological questions such as: What is the relationship between history and biology? What is the essential difference between Homo sapiens and other animals? Is there justice in history? What ethical questions do science and technology raise in the 21st century? Harari originally specialised in world history, medieval history and military history. His first bestseller Sapiens, surveys the entire length of human history, from the evolution of Homo sapiens in the Stone Age up to the political and technological revolutions of the 21st century. Professor Yuval Noah Harari is a philosopher, historian and author of the international bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.

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