Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

In this podcast episode, I cover the life and ideas of Parmenides of Elea. Robin Waterfield calls him “the single most important Pre-socratic thinker.” He introduced a puzzle about Being that required a response by philosophers who followed him. From that puzzle, we have the Atom ...  Show more

In this podcast episode, I cover the life and ideas of Gorgias, the father of the Sophistic Movement. We can pinpoint a shift from philosophy to sophism in the life of Gorgias. Each of the early Greek philosophers had a First Principle, an arche they considered to be the foundati ...  Show more

"A Brief History of Tomorrow" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Yuval Noah Harari Category: Science 

The Mountain E4 — After the exile from the first cosmic mountain of Eden, humanity spirals into depravity and violence. God chooses to expedite their inevitable destruction through a catastrophic flood, but he preserves the family of Noah. Coming out of the ark on Mount Ararat ...

"A Brief History of Humankind" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Yuval Noah Harari Category: History 

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, cou ...