Yuval Noah Harari on The Story of Sapiens, The Power of Awareness, and The Brilliance of Bone-Conduction Headphones | Brought to you by <a href="http://linkedin.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn Jobs</a> recruitment platform with ~700M users, <a href="http://piquetea.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pique Tea</a> high-end, instant tea crystals (pu-erh, etc.), and <a href="http://allform.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Allform</a> premium, modular furnitureProf. Yuval Noah Harari&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/harari_yuval" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@harari_yuval</a>) is a historian and bestselling author who is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today. His popular books—<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316117/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Homo-Deus-Brief-History-Tomorrow/dp/0062464310/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-21st-Century-Yuval-Harari/dp/0525512195/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">21 Lessons for the 21st Century</a>— have sold 27.5 million copies in 60 languages. 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#477: Yuval Noah Harari on The Story of Sapiens, The Power of Awareness, and The Brilliance of Bone-Conduction Headphones

Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages.  Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk."  In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.