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Sep 2024
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William Hague talks to Yuval Noah Harari...

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About this episode

Yuval Noah Harari’s books Sapiens and Homo Deus sold millions around the world. His latest - Nexus - examines information and how we share it, from campfire stories in the Stone Age to the AI networks of today. But as the way we share information gets evermore complicated, could this be the end of a history controlled by humans?


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Host: William Hague.

Guest: Yuval Noah Harari, author and historian.

Photo: Penguin Random House / Yuval Noah Harari


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