By Invitation | Russia and Ukraine

Yuval Noah Harari argues that what’s at stake in Ukraine is the direction of human history

Humanity’s greatest political achievement has been the decline of war. That is now in jeopardy

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By Yuval Noah Harari

AT THE HEART of the Ukraine crisis lies a fundamental question about the nature of history and the nature of humanity: is change possible? Can humans change the way they behave, or does history repeat itself endlessly, with humans forever condemned to re-enact past tragedies without changing anything except the décor?

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