#ef41

Yuval Noah Harari: Episode EF41 is dedicated to Yuval Noah Harari, a historian and author of two of the most influential and important books of the last decade. In Sapiens: a Brief History of Humankind, he mines history, and leverages concepts of evolutionary psychology, in order to postulate what created the human condition of today. Then in Homo Deus, he used the same foundation to extrapolate our technology-driven evolution forward, speculating on what will become of the humans of tomorrow, building deep roots for the likelihood of transhumanism and coining terms like dataism.

(EF41) Spaghetti Code: Human nature is running a drastically outdated operating system; an algorithm that awards those who increase their power and control over the largest number of people.

(EF41) The Abyss Gazes Back into You: Humanity stands at the edge of an abyss. Behind is fractured civilization, inequality, infighting, and tribalism. Ahead is transhumanism, where we fully become one with technology and release our final stronghold — actually being human.

(EF41) Weapons of Gross Misinterpretation: There are unintended consequences of telling powerful stories and letting humans with agendas interpret those ideas.

(EF41) Is There Fulfillment in Perfection?: Even if we reach the transhumanism pinnacle — no work, no suffering, no dying — will our lives really be fulfilled?

(EF41) Storytime: One of the core weaknesses of human nature is our propensity to believe story over reality or facts

(EF41) Technological Imperfection: We are upgrading ourselves with technology in a maligned effort to make the next evolution of humanity infallible. But can you build perfection on top of faulty code?

(EF41) Tribal Fairytales: (EF41) The stories our tribes tell tap into the core human emotions and basic desires we all seek. — The Evolve Faster Podcast (Season 2, Episode 2)