Yuval Noah Harari

**THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** The future is here. Learn to live in it. In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of constant and disorienting change. Are we still capable of understanding the world we have created? ‘Fascinating... compelling... [Harari] has teed up a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the 21st century’ Bill Gates, New York Times ‘Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical’ Guardian ‘21 Lessons is, simply put, a crucial book’ Adam Kay

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.

Governments might therefore need to invent entirely new taxes – perhaps an information tax, paid on information and in information rather than in dollars.

As George Orwell envisioned in Nineteen Eighty-Four, the television will watch us while we are watching it. After we’ve finished watching Tarantino’s entire filmography, we may have forgotten most of it. But Netflix, or Amazon, or whoever owns the TV algorithm, will know our personality type, and how to press our emotional buttons.

If you don’t feel at home in your body, you will never feel at home in the world.

Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.

The greatest crimes in modern history resulted not just from hatred and greed, but even more so from ignorance and indifference.

If you are willing to pay for high-quality food, clothes and cars – why aren’t you willing to pay for high-quality information?

We cannot be sure of the specifics, but change itself is the only certainty.

To run fast, don’t take much luggage with you. Leave all your illusions behind. They are very heavy.

Most stories are held together by the weight of their roof rather than by the strength of their foundations.

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