‘Sapiens’ alone sits on 23 million bookshelves, and according to his then literary agent, reached people “who read only one book a year”. His three big novels, ‘Sapiens’, ‘Homo Deus’ and ‘21 Lessons for the 21st Century’ have collectively sold 40 million copies. His full-time operation is explaining the 70,000 years of human existence to humans. So I should be quiet.’”Ĭhastising dictators is a part-time gig for 46-year-old Harari. Because dictators around the world see: ‘Oh, even Putin couldn’t do it.

On the other hand, if the bully is stopped, if Putin is punished for this criminal invasion, then the peace of the world is actually strengthened. “Everybody knows that if the bully can just beat this kid, it becomes the new norm.

In the past year, President Putin has become a bête noire of sorts for Harari, who has written several op-eds condemning him. But if you compare Putin to a big bully in school, who comes and starts beating a smaller kid, they get it.” Chastising dictators is a part-time gig for 46-year-old Harari. If you talk about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in big, abstract terms, it’s difficult.

While talking about his new book for children, ‘Unstoppable Us: How Humans took over the World’, he says, “You have to present (complex ideas) in a way that is understandable to them. So, according to author Yuval Noah Harari, it isn’t tough to explain the actions of Russian president Vladimir Putin to them. Mumbai: Eight-year-olds understand supervillains better than grown-ups.

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