Biotechnology, artificial intelligence, your smart watch, surveillance: These are the topics that concern Yuval Noah Harari. And now, they're all converging during the coronavirus pandemic. The best-selling author talks to The Take about the complicated role of technology during a health crisis and why he fears humans more than viruses.  

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Yuval Noah Harari (@harari_yuval), historian, professor and best-selling author.  

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Biotechnology, artificial intelligence, your smart watch, surveillance: These are the topics that concern Yuval Noah Harari. And now, they're all converging during the coronavirus pandemic. The best-selling author talks to The Take about the complicated role of technology during a health crisis and why he fears humans more than viruses. In this episode: <a href="https://www.ynharari.com/ " target="_blank">Yuval Noah Harari</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/harari_yuval " target="_blank">@harari_yuval</a>), historian, professor and best-selling author. For more: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/contact-tracing-apps-enjoy-limited-success-privacy-fears-200421165208200.html " target="_blank">Contact-tracing apps enjoy limited success amid privacy fears</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2020/04/pandemic-panopticon-israeli-surveillance-covid-19-200418090128636.html " target="_blank">Pandemic panopticon: Israeli surveillance during COVID-19</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/08/yuval-noah-harari-technology-humanity-biggest-challenge-180821121730057.html " target="_blank">Yuval Noah Harari: Technology is humanity's biggest challenge </a> Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@AJTheTake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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