Episode #4
Yuval Noah Harari: Stories, Power & Why Truth Doesn't Matter | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF
I sat down with Yuval Noah Harari at the World Economic Forum in Davos and we ended up covering everything from why Christianity's core story is essentially "you are loved by an omnipotent God" to why Greenland might just be the world's most expensive real estate play.
What this episode covers
I sat down with Yuval Noah Harari at the World Economic Forum in Davos and we ended up covering everything from why Christianity's core story is essentially "you are loved by an omnipotent God" to why Greenland might just be the world's most expensive real estate play.
Where to start
Democracy's self-correcting mechanism under threat
Democracy's self-correcting mechanism under threat
Start at 19:53
Purpose, suffering, and controlling your mind
Purpose, suffering, and controlling your mind
Start at 33:44
Religion as humanity's most powerful fiction
Religion as humanity's most powerful fiction
Start at 3:57
People and topics
Key takeaways
- Introduction
- History, change, and writing books
- Religion as humanity's most powerful fiction
- Geopolitics, power, and losing trust
- Greenland, tariffs, and negotiation tactics