Yuval Noah Harari

Facebook will not comply with data localisation laws in authoritarian countries

At a recent earnings call, he said he is ready to risk Facebook shutting down in authoritarian countries if forced to locally store data.

The future according to Yuval Noah Harari: The historian on the 21st century's biggest challenges, and how to face them

Yuval Noah Harari — eminent historian and the author of Sapiens, Homo Deux, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century — was in Mumbai to deliver the Penguin India Annual Lecture 2018. His talk touched upon 'Challenges for the 21st Century', and if, by session's end, many people in the audience were still considering having children, it would have been a surprise.

Firstpost Editor's Picks: Kamal Nath becomes MP CM, Sajjan Kumar gets life imprisonment; today's must-read articles

A quick rundown of the five best articles published by Firstpost today.

Yuval Noah Harari talks of the future of war, climate and AI at Penguin Lecture 2018

Harari walked an audience of 100s through some of the likely possibilities for humanity’s near future.

Revisiting Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, one of the most influential books of our times

Sapiens has made a resurgence as its author Yuval Noah Harari recently released the follow up — Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow