𝗔𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝘂𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗮𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶

I spent a night in Tempodrom to listen to Harari, interviewed by Constantin Schreiber and Anne-Dore Krohn, and Axel Milberg, who excellently read certain parts of Harari’s new book “Nexus”.

Having read the book, I looked mainly for input going beyond. Here are my main take aways - Harari’s recommendations:

• We need 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘀. Information was once scarce but it became over abundant now. Too much information isn’t good, same as too much food isn’t good. We need time to digest and take information fasts.

• Any public intellectualist needs to be 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 – Harari does not believe in nowadays claim for “authenticity”. Any thought plants a seed. He recommends to build a wall between your mouth and mind. Anyone with responsibility should never answer with the first thing coming into their minds (keep this for your coaching session). However, in order to relax, grant yourself a "license for stupidity" at home.

• 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Take your time, slow down to truly understand the problem. Our superpower is collaboration – you do not need to walk alone, strive to collaborate to find answers.

I strongly recommend reading Harari’s book 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘂𝘀 – 𝗔 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. It focuses on the potential implications of AI (which he translates as "alien intelligence" rather than artificial intelligence). Even if you do not agree to any detail, it gave at least me a lot of food for thoughts.