Yuval Noah Harari

>>8968861
I really hope so.

>>8968861
hes a historian, not a scientist. What does he know about the future?

>>8968861
I think he means that people you know wont live for more than a century

>>8969252
scientist is very broad term. If he had a degree in zoology his statements would be more valid?

And just beacuse he has a degree in history dosent he cant know other stuff.

>>8968861
>as we know them
We're going to change, not disappear.

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>Maybe it is that by gaining more power over the world, over the environment, we will be able to make ourselves happier and more satisfied with life. Looking again from a perspective of thousands of years, we have gained enormous power over the world and it doesn’t seem to make people significantly more satisfied than in the stone age.
Good thing he apparently has "breathtaking" writing skills, because he's otherwise dumb as a goddamned box of rocks.

>>8969252
I was hoping he'd be a seer.

>>8968861
why are jews obsessed with the end of humanity? Evolution of species takes hundreds of thousands of years, at least for large species. Unless there is catastrophic climate change humans will stay like this for a few 100,000 years.

>>8970745
Judaism in its distilled form is pure eschatology. The return of the Messiah, the judgement of all goyim and paradise subsequently ushered in.

of course the humans as we know them will disappear in a century, humans dont live that long.
fortunately there will be new humans

>>8968861
Hes lectures are /comfy/ if youre into dystopian futurism. Although I think you have to take whateer he says with a grain of salt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ1yS9JIJKs

>>8970745
>What is technological progress?
Theres a good chance that if you live in a highly developed western country, your grand children or great grandshildren will probably be considerably smarter than yourself as a result of advances in Human genetic engineering like CrisprCas and brain augmentation. To the average African or south Asian street sweeper in the year 2150, theyd probably be closer to Gods. If you think todays society are unequal, just wait til we have the technological means to radically augment ourselves and our offspring.