His predictions don't sound that far off from something Ray Kurzweil would predict. They're both predicting a utopia and the beginning of a new form of intelli

His predictions don't sound that far off from something Ray Kurzweil would predict. They're both predicting a utopia and the beginning of a new form of intelligence. The difference is that Yuval Hariri is a little more explicit about the fact that not everyone might make it to the rapture. Quick reminder: doesn't matter how exclusive you make heaven. People have a tendency to believe that they'll be one of the lucky ones. More importantly, they don't really leave a lot of room for avoiding something that feels inevitable to a lot of people. Well, a lot of people in the audience anyway. The people you encounter at lunch would probably find the notion of God-like humans to be kind of crazy.