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Mar 2018
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(Yuval) Noah’s Arc - What Is The Future...

Russell Brand
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With his ever growing popularity I take a look back at my interview with Yuval Noah Harari, author of bestseller ‘Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind’. We discuss how homo sapiens came to dominate the world, how our society is built on fiction, the creation of a class of useless people, and the future for our species. (Originally published in 2017).

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