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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the world’s most innovative thinkers explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.
“Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.”—The New York Times Book Review
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war or ecological catastrophe? What do we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? How should we prepare our children for the future?
21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today’s most urgent issues as we move into the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.
In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari untangles political, technological, social, and existential issues and offers advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? Why is liberal democracy in crisis?
Harari’s unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading.
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“The Israeli scholar considers how to best navigate our rapidly changing, morally complex and polarizing world.
— BookPage
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“Fascinating…A crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.”
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“A sobering and tough-minded perspective on bewildering new vistas.”
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#1 New York Times bestseller
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month
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A New York Times audio bestseller
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A BookPage Top Pick
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Listener Reviews
- — Marcos Cardoso, 10/19/2025
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- — Jan Bukovsky, 7/8/2024
- — Maya LEWANDOWSKY, 3/7/2023
- — Adrian Ghita, 3/5/2023
- — Allan , 11/26/2022
- — Robert, 3/17/2021
- — Edward Kling, 9/6/2020
- — Noah Newdorf, 5/13/2019
About Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and the award-winning author of several New York Times bestselling books, including Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. He is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals working today. He was born in Israel, received his PhD from the University of Oxford, and is a lecturer in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s department of history. He co-founded the social impact company Sapienship, focused on education and media.
About Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins is a professional narrator and voice actor. He has earned numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, as well as numerous Society of Voice Arts nominations. AudioFile magazine named him a Best Voice consecutively in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Augmented by a knowledge of three foreign languages and a facility with accents, he has narrated numerous titles in a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres.