just a final quick one, yuval. we're almost out of time. for the development of homo sapiens, and you've looked far into the future. does this covid—i9 crisis, which you call the biggest crisis of our lifetimes, does it to you represent, in the end, little more than a bump in the road, or is it something more profound than that? for me, as a historian, it's really very interesting, this moment right now. i think that in our lifetime, if you think in terms of a couple of decades, it will be big. not because of the epidemic itself, but even more so because of the economic and political consequences. but in the long sweep of history, you know, thousands of years, no, i don't think it will be one of the big events of history. it is — it could be a watershed event in several ways, like we discussed earlier, with surveillance. people could look back in 100 years and identify the coronavirus epidemic as the moment when a new regime of surveillance took over, especially surveillance under the skin, which i think is maybe the most important developm

yuval noah harari, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, thank you for inviting me.re 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 we're still in a much better position with to infectious diseases then perhaps on any previous time in history since the agricultural revolution. you know, this isn't the middle ages, and we are not facing the black death. when the black death spread, nobody understood what was happening, what was killing people. todayit happening, what was killing people. today it took us just two weeks to identify the coronavirus behind the present epidemic, and to sequence its entire genome. of course, we still do not have the power to stop evolution, to stop nature. pathogens continued to jump from animals

one that fails to convey to young people the larger arc of the history as yuval put it. or it reflects the outlook of writers like -- who is somewhat questionably researched and politically contentious peoples history of united states has sold almost 3 million copies. i just checked on this. it's approaching 3 million. and has been treated as authoritative even in some of the best public and private high schools, other respectable classrooms. the gist of this, the thrust of it is that we are losing a general grasp on the public meaning of her own history. professional american history is made many advances in its approaches through topics that have been neglected in the past. but what now is neglected is a broad shared historical consciousness, public knowledge that we need to be able to think of ourselves as a coherent political entity to think of ourselves as citizens, to prepare people for citizenship. not just in terms of civics 101 understanding of citizenship as a set of particular political rights and responsibilities but in the sense of membership, of being membe

i am yuval levin here at aei and it is my pleasure to welcome you to a discussion of land of hope, the new one volume history of the country by the great american historian wilfred mcclay. it's a book that comes at a time when questions of who we are as a people if we can have a unifying rather than divisive story and how to tell the story of the country in a way that neither sells a short the national greatness or whitewashes our national sins in our politics and what may be an unusual way and this book is clearly intended to speak the gist of the moment to hear about how to approach the questions. wilfred mcclay is a national treasure. he's first and foremost the chair of the university of oklahoma he is admired and loved by scores of student's past and present and one of the great writers of american history. his book the self and society of modern america was just the best book in american intellectual history. it's a student's guide to u.s. history and why place matters, geography, identity and civic life in modern america acted in the service of the country he served for 11 years

tonight i'm very excited to welcome yuval levin to politics and prose, celebrating his newest book, "a time to build". from family and community to congress and the campus, how recommitting to our institutions can revise the american dream. as the nation faces increasing divisiveness fueled by partisan politics, culture wars and populace anger on both sides, levin argues rather than trying to tear down existing institutional frameworks we should be looking to them as sources of strength and support. through "a time to build" he shows our current crisis isn't completely due to the presence of an impressive oppressive force but the absence of uniting forces and urges us to commit ourselves to renewing the vitality of institutions. ranging from the family and schools to churches and the military. to renew our ties to each of the festivities the founding editor of national affairs, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the american enterprise institute's. contributing editor of national review, cofounder and senior editor of the new atlantis and has authored the frac

i'm yuval levin, director of constitutional studies at ai and it is my great pleasure to commute to a discussion of the land of hope, the new one volume history of our country by the great american story and wilfrid mcclay area is a book that comes a time when questions of who we are as a people, whether we can have a unifying rather than a divisive story and of how to tell the story of our country in a way that neither some shorts our national greatness north white washes our national sins, are really live questions in our politics and what may be on unusual way and this book is clearly intended to speak to just that moment though there could be a better time to hear from bill about his sense of howto approach these questions .bill mcclay is a national treasure. pure and simple. he is first and foremost a teacher. behold the blankenship care and history of liberty at the history of oklahoma. he has admired and bowl of five scores of students past and present. he's also one of the great writers of american history. he is his book the master was self solving society in modern america w

we cannot have a future for what the israeli author yuval harari calls a "network of fortresses".re at all to address the potential of humankind, nevermind the challenges for humankind and so, i think the wise leaders are taking local action, but they're also thinking regionally and globally as well. but i dare say, a lot of people watching this interview will already be saying to themselves and in their heads to you, saying, hang on a minute, we don't want to return to that completely open, globalised world. it is that very world which makes the possibility of the spread of pandemics like coronavirus so very easy. i think that we mustn't return to a world that has gaping inequalities and massive insecurities, but we don't want to live in a world where we cannot travel abroad and visit. we don't want to live in a world where trade is so circumscribed it does not address needs and so, i think that we must say that globalisation has to be changed, that we need a different kind of globalisation that is more equal and sustainable, but i think that a world of fortresses, national fortr

i am yuval levin here at aei and it is my pleasure to welcome you to a discussion of land of hope, thetions of who we are as a people if we can have a unifying rather than diviv

yuval neria: we know already from previous disasters that ongoing anxiety during trauma is a huge risks.d. and depression in the e director of trauma and postr ate ne state pchiatric 's a former ista commander whose own traumatic experiences in the 1973 yom kippur war informed his career studying the brains of veterans with p.t.s.d. >> dr. neria: the brain is really obsessed about identification of fear, you know, of what is safe and what is dangerous. >> dickerson: and what i wonder about though, there is the part of the brain that is always alive to fear. part of the brain that says, "it's okay, don't be fearful, you've been through this before." but we've never been through this before so... >> dr. neria: oh, that's so true what you just said, because most of us don't have a comparable memory or set of memories that can serve our understanding ofw. >> dickerson: neria led research and training efforts in new york in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, which has led him to be particularly concerned about the health care workers on the front lines of this pandemic. >> dr. neria: i mean