Yuval Noah Harari - Q&A on Being Gay

Prof. Yuval Noah Harari presents a scientific perspective on homosexuality, and shares how this has affected his personal experience of being gay.

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Video production: Roey Orbach, MediaBox Productions

[HexDominator]

Both Sapiens and Homo Deus changed my view of the world in a way that nothing else has before. Thank you Yuval for sharing your knowledge with us and I hope we Palestinians and you Israelis can live together as just sapiens.

[davidcripps]

He's probably never lost an argument in his life....simply the best explainer alive!

[bumkisful]

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

[KK-tbrw]

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
לפְנֵי־שֶׁ֥בֶר

[KingPhoey]

“It is a great wisdom to accept reality as it is. Even if it contradicts the stories most people believe.”

[atalsalar]

I am from Afghanistan. Your books are amazing. I would like to translate Homo Sapiens to my own language Pashto.

Update: The Translation is in progress. Thank you all for the support. I see there is also a lot of people full hatred and ignornance in the world. Just by seeing my name or the language I mentioned they think they know everything about me.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge.” - Steven Hawking.
Maybe the world will be a better place if people do not hate those who are different from them.

[-ullh]

To tell a gay that you are normal and the same as others is really a beautiful story. You can also tell a 3 arm child you are natural and don’t need surgery. Because you exist and some others also have 3 arms.

[milburncherian]

90% BOTS commenting, so the opposite is true.

[Kanzu]

Yuval has to be one of my favorite sapiens.

[lo]

Yuval after listening to Homo Sapiens and Homo Deus, I feel more relaxed about life and look at society with an objective view. Thanks your wisdom inspired me!

[surajsharma]

He knows how to slap hard without being making noise.

[CC-hlhi]

It's the first time I've seen Yuval speak about something so personally... What a cutie!

[kuntalsarma]

Didn't know Yuval was gay, I guess most people do not know this as well. In Sam Harris's waking up podcast Sam asked Yuval if he has children, to which Yuval reluctantly replied "I just have dogs".

[Erkaman]

Befor his books i was super fanatisist muslim, and i was so stupid, i didnt know anything about the humanity, but after Sapiens i realized that i was seized by delusions, i was like a puppet, and i started to ask myself, and i opened my eyes, and understood that i had been wrong for a long time. But now i am atheist thanks for u, i accept myself as a gay teen, and my life became much more better . Thanks a lot Yuval.

[lovemademan]

Such sublime man! Infinite Thank You! <3

[dongtam]

You changed my point of view, thank you

[theobserver]

I can't wait until nobody has the slightest interest in anyone else's sexual preference or identity. As far as I'm concerned, it's all just meh...

[KlaasDeforche]

Whether something is natural or unnatural is irrelevant. People use this almost as synonym for good or bad but that's a fallacy. There a tons of things that are natural that are not desirable (cancer, carbon monoxide, jealousy…) and a lot of 'unnatural' things that are desirable (medicines, technology, birth control, ..).

Emotions such as love are natural, they are kind of natures shortcut in situations where being rational might put you or your genes in danger. You don't count spider legs and get scared at 8, you get scared at the sight of anything spider-like even if it turns out to be a toy. As a straight man it's hard for me to rationalize being gay, but I equality do not have a rational explanation for why I love my girlfriend. We can't really help ourselves, can we?

[arunshankars]

Can someone please tell me the name of the plant that you see behind him, to the left of your screen ? I can't take my eyes off it. <3

[URCompliant]

So, then why do we try to stop murderers from murdering...if it exists, then it must also be natural? Isn't the desire to murder also a natural desire in humans, just like sexual desire, hunger, lust etc.? Where does one draw the line with this idea of "natural" impulses? And no, I am not likening homosexuality to murderers, I am just addressing your explanation of what is reality and natural, because frankly the things I mentioned are all a reality and very natural...