Together, they created the first volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History : a radical adaptation of the original Sapiens into a graphic novel series that is bursting with wit, humour and colour (to be launched autumn 2020). In 2020 Harari (as creator and co-writer) joined forces with renowned comics artists David Vandermeulen (co-writer) and Daniel Casanave (illustrator). Here he stopped to take the pulse of our current global climate, focusing 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? Within its first year of publication, 4 Million copies of 21 Lessons had been sold worldwide and it was translated into over 40 languages. Since its publication, 7.5 Million copies of the book had been sold worldwide, and it was translated into over 50 languages.Īfter exploring deep into the past and then the future, Yuval Noah Harari published 21 Lessons for the 21st Century in 2018. Harari returned with Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow , a critically acclaimed book that examines the big future projects facing humanity in the 21st century.
The Guardian has credited Sapiens with revolutionizing the non-fiction market and popularizing “brainy books”. Sapiens was recommended by Mark Zuckerberg, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Janelle Monáe, and many others. It was a New York Times top 10 bestseller, and held positions #1-#3 on the Sunday Times’ bestseller list for 96 consecutive weeks. 16 Million copies had been sold and the book was translated into 60 languages. Published in 2014, Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind His current research focuses on macro-historical 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? Does history have a direction? Did people become happier as history unfolded? What ethical questions do science and technology raise in the 21st century? Harari originally specialized in world history, medieval history and military history.
In 2018, Harari presented the first ever TED talk delivered as a digital avatar, and in 2019, he sat down for a filmed discussion on technology and the future of society with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He also met with President Emmanuel Macron of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President Mauricio Macri of Argentina, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, and Mayor Ying Yong of Shanghai. He regularly discusses global issues with heads of state, and has had public conversations with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte and with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. In 2018 and in 2020, Yuval Noah Harari gave keynote speeches on the future of humanity on the Congress Hall stage of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Born in Haifa, Israel, in 1976, Harari received his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2002, and is currently a lecturer at the Department of History, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books have sold 27.5 Million copies in 60 languages, and he is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind , Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow , 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Sapiens: A Graphic History . Yuval Noah Harari Historian, Philosopher and Best Selling Author