Social media is designed to maximize one thing: engagement. The thing that drives engagement best is anger and fear – we simply cannot look away. What happens when the very technology that allows us to have large-scale public conversations and allows democracy to flourish turns u…Mostrar mais

Technology has made our lives healthier, easier and more prosperous. But while making our individual lives easier, technology has made our civilization vastly more complex than the earliest societies. From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial T…Mostrar mais

In a world where many of our discussions happen online, how can we have a conversation when we can’t tell who is human? Watch the whole @BigThink interview: www.youtube.com/watch

Language has been used by us humans to control our world: laws, financial systems, religion. What happens when we have an entity that is better than us at managing these systems? From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on busi…Mostrar mais

Without trust, society could not function. So what happens when we put our trust in machines instead of people? From the @TheEconomist interview with @zannymb: www.youtube.com/watch

Imagine AI creating new financial instruments that human intelligence is unable to understand. We will be like horses in a market – a horse can see money being exchanged and new owners taking it home, but it is unable to comprehend what is happening. From the @nytopinion podcast…Mostrar mais

The truth is complicated, difficult and not always flattering: but the truth is essential. Without the truth we can never improve ourselves or our societies. From a July 2026 event with Tom Parker, host of The Next Five, the Financial Times’ podcast on business. Watch the whole…Mostrar mais

If you're too busy to fact check – you're too busy to share. When we read about an injustice or an atrocity that makes us furious, we have the urge to share our outrage. But we should first verify what we’ve read. Do the facts check out? Is it reported by credible sources? We sh…Mostrar mais

Social media engages us with hate, greed, anger and fear. So what happens when we create an information ecosystem that constantly makes us feel angry and afraid? From the @nytopinion podcast with @ezraklein. Watch the whole episode: www.youtube.com/watchMostrar mais

We don't know if the repercussions of AI will be good or bad, but we do know disruption will happen, and we know that it will happen much faster than in previous generations. The important thing isn't to panic or be frightened, but to understand the magnitude of the change we are…Mostrar mais

Evolution has programmed us to drop everything when we see something exciting. AI has already hacked how to keep our attention, and then shows us more and more as we scroll social media – snake! Berry! Snake! Berry! How can we fight back against this? From the @nytopinion podcas…Mostrar mais

Even the world’s most powerful people cannot change the past or guarantee something will happen in a hundred years. Letting go of the things we cannot control helps to reduce the suffering caused by denying reality. From the People by WTF podcast with @nikhilkamathcio. Watch the…Mostrar mais

The AI revolution has only just begun. We are facing ongoing change and disruption for many decades to come. How will society and governments deal with a constantly changing job market? Do we have the psychological resilience for the road ahead?

We are facing a world where a new generation grows up with intimate relationships with AI. What are the risks?

Unlike many religions and secular ideologies, liberalism doesn’t claim to lead to perfection. What it does do, is offer humanity a self-correcting system that allows us to correct our mistakes. From the @nytopinion podcast with @ezraklein. Watch the whole episode:

Look at the world around you – do the most powerful people seem happier to you? They are not because they do not understand the causes of happiness. From a recent interview with @el_pais – read the whole thing: bit.ly/ELPAIS-YNH

Just as food nourishes the body, information nourishes the mind. And just as you should avoid eating too much junk food, you should also avoid consuming too much unhealthy information.

As the famous maxim goes: change is the only constant. But change in itself is neither good nor bad. The outcomes of today's social and technological upheavals cannot be known to us; what we do know is that change will happen, and that we must be flexible to deal with the change…Mostrar mais

If we get rid of the current liberal world order without an alternative, we will just get disorder. Are we ready to go back to a world where the strong countries do what they want, and the weak must suffer? From the @nytopinion podcast with @ezraklein. Watch the whole episode:

The Bible has no descriptions of Jesus’ appearance, yet his face is the most replicated and recognizable image in the world. What does that tell us about the nature of information? Watch the whole @BigThink interview: bit.ly/BT-YNH

It's very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that everything is a cynical power game, and that everyone is out to get everyone else – but this is just not true.  From the People by WTF podcast with @nikhilkamathcio. Watch the whole thing: www.youtube.com/watchMostrar mais

There is only one truth: the things that actually happened. Everything else is a one-sided story that can keep people apart by creating incompatible narratives that prevent them from finding common ground, or seeing each other's suffering. From the People by WTF podcast with @nikhilkamathcio.…Mostrar mais

The old liberal vision of a cooperative world based on universal values is collapsing into a world of isolated fortresses – which can only lead to a never-ending cycle of war. Watch the whole thing: bit.ly/YNH-SP2B

Just six countries control the majority of the world’s oil and gas reserves. What was true after Russia's invasion of Ukraine is true for the war in Iran: Leaders must help reduce the acute dependencies that often fuel tensions, annexations and wars. Read Sapienship’s new brief…Mostrar mais

Computers don’t care if it’s night or day, summer or winter – they are always on, watching and remembering. If you force an organic being to be ‘on’ all the time, it eventually dies. Watch the whole @BigThink interview: bit.ly/BT-YNH

AI is more than a tool, it has the power to act as an independent agent without human instruction. Releasing AI agents into the world requires constant monitoring and self-correcting mechanisms.

Humans are powerful because we use words to cooperate and build things together. But what happens when something else is able to use words better than us? In conversation with Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford at @wef 2026 in Davos. Watch the whole thi…Mostrar mais

The past few decades have been the first time in human history that states have consistently spent more on their citizens’ health than on war. With the threats to Greenland and Taiwan, and the wars in Ukraine and Iran, are we entering a new imperial era where countries must again…Mostrar mais

Since humans design AIs, is it any surprise when they behave like humans?

Humanity's unique intelligence comes with unique delusions; we should keep this in mind when facing the rise of artificial intelligence.  Watch the whole thing here: bit.ly/YNH-IMC

We don’t know what changes AI will bring to our lives in the years ahead, but we definitely do know that those years will be defined by constant change. And the most important quality we can nurture in ourselves to navigate change is resilience.

The world order of the 21st century might have been far from perfect, but it was better than almost any order humanity has even managed to create. From October 2025 event with Prof. Marijana Grbeša. Watch the whole thing - bit.ly/YNH-IMC

The current war makes us reflect not only on the conflicts stirred up by strongmen and zealots, but also on the global energy map. Who owns what? Who buys from whom? Who controls the trade routes? Today, just six out of nearly 200 countries control the majority of the world’s oi…Mostrar mais

We don’t know which way AI will ultimately develop, but we can futureproof ourselves by focusing on adaptability. From @nytimes piece “Where Is AI Taking Us?” – read the whole thing: bit.ly/NYT-YNH

We like to think that truth always wins over fiction – but the reality is that the truth is frequently painful and complex, and fiction often prevails. Throwback to 2021 meeting @JanineAbbring. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch

"More incisive, critical, and engagingly narrated and illustrated stories of our history." @KirkusReviews on 'Unstoppable Us: How Enemies Become Friends' – Volume 3 of Yuval Noah Harari’s series for middle-grade readers. Now available in English and nearly 20 other languages, wi…Mostrar mais

Industrialization ultimately led to better, more prosperous societies, but on the way there, huge mistakes were made. Will the same happen with AI?

AI is already more capable than humans in many ways. We need to understand its strengths and make sure that we remain in control. From @nytimes piece “Where Is AI Taking Us?” – read the whole thing: bit.ly/NYT-YNH

The third volume in the #UnstoppableUs series, 'How Enemies Become Friends’, is out now in English! The book is available in 20 languages/editions around the world, with more coming soon. Check your local bookstore or here t.co/MKGoRNIpRx to see if it is available in yo…Mostrar mais

The feminist revolution is one of the hopeful examples of how people, just by changing the story, also change the world. @thedailyshow  @ronnychieng 🗓️ March 2024

To those celebrating, As the Lunar New Year arrives, I would like to send my warmest wishes to you and your families. The New Year is a time for reunion, sharing and hope. These values feel especially meaningful today. At a time when technology reshapes our lives, when artifici…Mostrar mais

One of the biggest misconceptions about AI is that it is just a tool. A knife is a tool that cannot decide whether to chop salad or commit murder, whereas AI can make its own decisions without human involvement. From @nytimes piece “Where Is AI Taking Us?” – read the whole thing…Mostrar mais

We live in a post truth world, nothing is black or white(to be fair it likely never was), everything is a story, stories that have tenure become reality, with incumbent social media optimising for traction via anger and negative stories, one must worry about the reality of

We are facing a world where most of the words we consume are generated not by other humans, but by AI. What does that mean for the future of our species? From @nytimes piece “Where Is AI Taking Us?” – read the whole thing: bit.ly/NYT-YNH

Moltbook isn't about AIs gaining consciousness. It is about AIs mastering language. But that's BIG. Humans conquered the world with language. We used words to build systems of law, religion, finance and politics. Now AI is mastering language. Soon, everything made of words will b…Mostrar mais

What happens when most of what children read and hear has been written not by fellow humans, but by computers? It’s the biggest psychological experiment in history. In conversation with Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford at @wef 2026 in Davos. Watch the w…Mostrar mais

To future-proof our careers and our education, we should focus beyond cognitive skills; social, emotional, physical and bodily skills – something that martial arts excel at, for example. With @LucianoHuck. Watch the whole thing here: bit.ly/YNH-LH

Why is AI so powerful? It is the first human invention that can make its own decisions and could potentially take control of deadly weapons. From the keynote at the 2026 @wef Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Watch the whole thing: bit.ly/WEF-YNH

What makes AI different to every other human invention? From the keynote at the 2026 @wef Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Watch the whole thing: bit.ly/WEF-YNH

I just watched a really great conversation about the future of AI. Every politician should watch it before they join the lemmings saying that regulation of AI will interfere with innovation. www.youtube.com/watch