Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, best known for his sweeping narrative histories of humankind. His international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind traces humanity's journey from insignificant apes to the dominant species on the planet through the power of shared stories, agriculture and technology, and has been translated into more than sixty languages.

Sapiens placed Harari among the most discussed public intellectuals of his generation. Its sequels Homo Deus (2015), a provocative vision of humanity's near future shaped by intelligence and biotechnology, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018), which confronts today's most urgent dilemmas, extended his grand narrative of history into the era ahead. A lifelong meditator and an outspoken commentator on the dangers of AI and political polarisation, Harari combines deep erudition with a startlingly clear view of the forces reshaping our times.