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"So why study history? Unlike physics or economics, history is not a means for making accurate predictions. We study history not to know the future but to widen our horizons, to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor inevitable, and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we can imagine."

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About Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and public intellectual known for Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. He teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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