Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari · first published 2011
Mentioned 12 time(s) by 10 guest(s): 6 recommend, 1 critical. · Suggest a correction · Suggest tags
Norman Ohler on Lex Fridman Podcast (2025-09-19): recommend
“…Like Sapiens by Harari, which is a great book, he also misses that.…”
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Naomi Gleit on Lenny's Podcast (2024-10-27): recommend
“…Another book that just the canonical book that I often recommend is Sapiens…”
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Reed Hastings on The Tim Ferriss Show (2024-04-05): recommend
“…Sapiens, Yuval Harari's book of sort of the meaning of life and understanding the big picture is extraordinary…”
Sebastian Junger on EconTalk (2021-06-28): recommend
“…as Yuval Harari points out in his brilliant book Sapiens, once you protect money…”
Tristan Harris on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2020-12-03): mention
“…who wrote the book Sapiens, talks about the fact that there are going to be things…”
Tristan Harris on the need to change the incentives of social media companies
Noel Johnson on Conversations with Tyler (2019-01-30): critique
“…I tried to switch in my teaching to using Yuval Noah Harari's book on Sapiens.…”
Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama on Persecution and Toleration (Ep. 59)
Richard Branson on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-07-07): mention
“…and I will carry on to read Sapiens, one of his first books.…”
Lessons from Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, Ray Dalio, and Other Icons (#325)
Reid Hoffman on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-06-01): recommend
“…most recently, Sapiens has had me thinking a lot about the evolution of humanity…”
Sir Richard Branson on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-02-02): recommend
“…and I will carry on to read Sapiens, one of his first books.…”
Ray Dalio on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-02-01): mention
“…I have Sapiens. I have The Greek Hero.…”
Sebastian Junger on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-01-02): recommend
“…I also recently read Sapiens by a guy named Harari.…”
Lessons from War, Tribal Societies, and a Non-Fiction Life (Sebastian Junger) (#161)
Sebastian Junger on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-01-02): recommend
“…One of the things I loved about Harari and Sapiens is I finished it…”
Lessons from War, Tribal Societies, and a Non-Fiction Life (Sebastian Junger) (#161)