Historian and philosopher of humanity’s past and future, famous speaker Yuval Noah Harari illuminates the present by detailing its trajectory. A world-renowned keynote speaker, Yuval Noah Harari has twice addressed the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. He has also engaged in public conversations with heads of state around the world. His 2018 TED talk was the first to be delivered by a digital avatar.

Yuval Noah Harari is one of our most influential public intellectuals. That is to say, his books have sold nearly 30 million copies and have been translated into 60 languages. His international breakthrough, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, offered revolutionary proof of a market for intellectually challenging books. Its successor, Homo Deus, looks to the future, examining humanity’s prospects for resolving the existential problems it has created.

His latest book, 21 Lessons for the 21^st Century, turns the reader’s attention to our time’s most pressing questions. Which issues should be commanding our attention, and which are just distractions? How should we prioritize our challenges, and how can we meet them?

Additionally to his scholarly work, Harari leads Sapienship, a social-impact company he co-founded in 2019. Sapienship undertakes projects in the education and entertainment sectors, helping focus public conversation on global challenges.

Harari began his career by studying the history of late medieval Europe, another time of massive upheaval and uncertainty. After also earning his PhD from Oxford University, he embarked on a teaching career, and is now a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.