It is about 4 30am in the morning and youre up to date on the headline. Now on bbc news hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The coronavirus pandemic has given humanity an almighty shock. Here we are in our technologically advanced, interconnected societies, now living in lockdown, fearful for our health and the future of our economies. So what better time than now to talk to my guest today, the bestselling israeli author and historian Yuval Noah Harari . What are the lessons we can learn from the impacts of coronavirus . Yuval noah harari, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, thank you for inviting me. You are known around the world for taking the grand Historical Perspective of us, homo sapiens, and you have described with wonderful detail how our extraordinary cognitive abilities have led to a mastery on our environment. But this seems to be a moment when we are learning that our mastery of the environment is extremely fragile. Do you see it that way . Yeah, it is very fragi
Are back tomorrow. Now on bbc news hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The coronavirus pandemic has given humanity an almighty shock. Here we are in our technologically advanced, interconnected societies, now living in lockdown, fearful for our health and the future of our economies. So what better time than now to talk to my guest today, the bestselling israeli author and historian Yuval Noah Harari . What are the lessons we can learn from the impacts of coronavirus . Yuval noah harari, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, thank you for inviting me. You are known around the world for taking the grand Historical Perspective of us, homo sapiens, and you have described with wonderful detail how our extraordinary cognitive abilities have led to a mastery on our environment. But this seems to be a moment when we are learning that our mastery of the environment is extremely fragile. Do you see it that way . Yeah, it is very fragile, though i have to say that we are still in a much
Now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The coronavirus pandemic has given humanity an almighty shock. Here we are in our technologically advanced, interconnected societies, now living in lockdown, fearful for our health and the future of our economies. So what better time than now to talk to my guest today, the bestselling israeli author and historian Yuval Noah Harari . What are the lessons we can learn from the impacts of coronavirus . Yuval noah harari, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, thank you for inviting me. You are known around the world for taking the grand Historical Perspective of us, homo sapiens, and you have described with wonderful detail how our extraordinary cognitive abilities have led to a mastery on our environment. But this seems to be a moment when we are learning that our mastery of the environment is extremely fragile. Do you see it that way . Yeah, it is very fragile, though i have to say that we are still in a muc
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In times of crisis, we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How we balance self protection against the collective interest. My guest today is the dutch writer and historian rutger bregman, whose book humankind a hopeful history is making waves across the world. Do we humans underestimate our capacity for doing good . Theme music plays. Rutger bregman, in the netherlands, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. We are all living in this time of covid 19. It is a Global Health emergency and, in times of emergency, perhaps we learn more than usual about the nature of human beings. What do you think this pandemic right now is showing us about humanity . I think it is showing us that most people are actually pretty decent and that, especially in the midst of a crisis, people most people, at least show their better selves, you know . And you see this explosion of co
Of ill liberal democracy. Reporter luke harding did until he was thrown out. His inside story about whats really going on behind those walls. And former microsoft ceo is worth billions, hes spending a few mel omillion to discover wh what happens when you put American Government under a microscope and examine it like a business. But first, heres my take, every Administration Takes a while to settle in. President trumps has had a rockier start than most, with appointments in every key agency still unfilled. But the president s basic Foreign Policy is coming into view, and its not a pretty sight. The approach is being tested on the most difficult Foreign Policy problem of all, north korea. There is a pattern to Donald Trumps approach so far, it begins with bravado, the use of rhetoric thats not backed up by much. The president insists that if china doesnt deal with north korea, america will. Oh, really . How . South korea would vehemently oppose such a view. Remember, seoul is only 13 mil