Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and public intellectual known for writing accessible, big-picture books that connect deep history with contemporary questions about technology, biology, and society. He holds a position as a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and first gained international attention with Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), which traced the history of the human species from prehistoric foragers to the modern era and became a global bestseller.

Harari followed Sapiens with Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, which explored possible futures shaped by artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and data. His book Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (2024) extends this project further, examining how information networks — from ancient myths and religious texts to modern algorithms and AI systems — have shaped human cooperation, power structures, and the spread of both truth and misinformation throughout history.

Across his work, Harari is known for synthesizing research from history, biology, and technology into narratives aimed at a broad general audience, prompting wide public debate about the trajectory of human civilization in the age of artificial intelligence and biotechnology.