1. Harari the Changeling Yuval Noah Harari is something of a changeling. Depending on who he’s talking to, he’s either urging billionaires to jump on the Transhumanist Express while it’s still at the station; or, conversely, a somber-voiced Jeremiah warning the plebes about their dire roles as future “bio-hack” experiments. Unfortunately Harari’s role as revisionist historian and technocratic prophet fails to stand up to close scrutiny. Here’s an example of how he comes across as a post-Enlightenment moralist, brows all furrowed…
Harari Gets it Wrong Part 1
Harari Gets it Wrong Part 1
Harari Gets it Wrong Part 1
1. Harari the Changeling Yuval Noah Harari is something of a changeling. Depending on who he’s talking to, he’s either urging billionaires to jump on the Transhumanist Express while it’s still at the station; or, conversely, a somber-voiced Jeremiah warning the plebes about their dire roles as future “bio-hack” experiments. Unfortunately Harari’s role as revisionist historian and technocratic prophet fails to stand up to close scrutiny. Here’s an example of how he comes across as a post-Enlightenment moralist, brows all furrowed…