The 2 Most Important Skills For the Rest Of Your Life | Yuval Noah Harari on Impact Theory
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Published 2018-11-13
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Yuval Noah Harari is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 12 million copies and translated into more than 45 languages. He’s often referred to as one of the most profound thinkers of our time. And in this episode you will see why…
SHOWNOTES
How we can hack humans and manipulate their desires [3:26]
How algorithms will learn to understand you better than you understand yourself (and why you could be replaced by one) [5:03]
Why corporations will even be able to predict your sexual orientation… [8:50]
The reality of outsourcing the self-discovery process… [12:27]
How algorithms will change the way we make art… [15:49]
Can AI save us from cancer? (See how it’s possible, but decide for yourself if it's dangerous)... [18:10]
The battle between privacy and health... [19:29]
How to take control of the story you tell yourself and why you need to stop thinking of your life as a movie… [21:09]
Why we’re heading into the direction of immortality and the future is just a series of massive disruptions [28:44]
Why you need to continuously reinvent yourself if you want to survive to 2035. [30:01]
The two most important tools you will need to succeed in the world of AI (and they’re not what you think). [32:05]
Why Yuval believes that science fiction is the most important artistic genre… [34:25]
See what Yuval has to say about the world’s 3 biggest challenges… [37:29]
QUOTES
“We Are Now Hackable Animals”
“When infotech merges with biotech what you get is the ability to create algorithms that understand me better than I understand myself.” [5:20]
“Maybe the most important thing in life is to get to know yourself better. But for all of history this was a process of self-exploration which you did from things like meditation, sports, or art, and complementation. But what does it mean when the process of self-exploration is being outsourced to a big data algorithm? The philosophical implications are mind-boggling.” [12:34]
“The story of your life is made of bits and pieces and it only makes sense" [23:50]
BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Sapiens - amzn.to/2Djc2jb [00:46]
21 Lessons for the 21st Century - amzn.to/2T2Zkuq [2:00]
Neon Future - comics.impacttheory.com/ [6:52]
Brave New World - amzn.to/2RQOMNw [35:50]
PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Bill Gates - twitter.com/BillGates [1:00]
Richard Branson - twitter.com/richardbranson [1:00]
Barack Obama - twitter.com/BarackObama [1:00]
Mark Zuckerberg - twitter.com/finkd [1:00]
Aldous Huxley - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley [35:55]
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All Comments (21)
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1. Emotional Intelligence 2. Mental balance
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guess who's gonna binge watch everything on this guy?
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I don't want a computer to know me better than I know myself.
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I don't understand how ppl are praising this man for wanting to turn ppl into AI
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when you are in a path of self growth, these videos are always great content. Thank you. Edit: 3yrs later, I came here to say I can’t believe I have listened to this horrible of a human. It’s so important to educate yourself so you won’t get deceived into thinking all of this is for your own greater good.
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This should scare the living shit out of everyone that cherish free will .
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60 day Vipassana each year - salute Yuval Noah Harari ! what an insightful interview !!
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I will be forever grateful to you, you changed my whole life and I will continue to preach on your behalf for the whole world to hear you saved me from huge financial debt with just a small investment, thank you Mrs Maria Reyes.
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27:40 - The "useless class." There is no such thing. Our purpose in the world is not to serve an economy. Our purpose is to explore life. To be ourselves. To discover things, and share those lessons, good and bad, with others. We work to live - we do not live to work.
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"Coco Cola knows I'm gay" never thought I'll hear this sentence ever
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Battle between privacy and health... How true this has become with the pandemic... Amazing insight!!
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Tom this man is dangerous and now you are helping him out. History will remember no bad intentions on this comment but it’s just good to leave a note
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1. Emotional Intelligence 2. Mental Balance 3.Mental Flexibility 4. Re-invent yourself...keep learning ... ready mindset to adapt changes
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I have seen several interviews with Harari. Many conducted by high-profile individuals. This might be the best job of interviewing available. Congrats to Impact Theory.
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THANK YOU! Stay strong, guys! What I sew in Florida is that the young kids are really working out- taking care of their physicality which means mentally well balancing and everything like that. Really proud of the next generation. I’m going to be a 50 year old nurse pretty soon and when I get done with school all I wanna do is this help with the wars that are coming in and get all the tragedies that will come, but I’m just going make a dent in my world. That’s all we can do it in your world I don’t just be positive guys. Much love to all:)
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Incredible how n why so many people are in awe of this person who has just no respect for the human person
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I’m glad I watched this so that I can be aware of the evil ahead of us all!
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32:15 My answer: "Study/train the absolute hardest and most challenging things you're able to study now. Because that will give you the best chances and ability to keep learning and adapting to the new things that'll come up in the future. Educational facilities should be seen as a gym for our brain."
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My thoughts throughout this discussion frequently harked back to our capacity to delude ourselves. Emotion trumps reason whenever it gets a foothold. And Yuval's statements that our "best investment is in emotional intelligence and mental balance" and "to keep learning" rings very true.
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So good to see him really hammering across the seriousness of the implications. The philosophical intricacies are not immediately obvious to people who're only interested in hacking humans so they can become high performance machines. That's the problem with stuff like this: it's beyond the comprehension of most people, and will inevitably land up in the hands of those people who don't particularly care to understand it any more than is required to get what they want (money, power, sex etc.)
