Yuval Noah Harari: ‘If You Have Enough Data on Someone’ You Can Hack that Person and Completely Manipulate Them

HARARI I think that ░░░░░░░░ key issue is the ░░░░░░░░ ability to hack human ░░░░░░░░ which was never the ░░░░░░░░ before in history There ░░░░░░░░ a lot of talk ░░░░░░░░ hacking computers and smartphones ░░░░░░░░ bank accounts but the ░░░░░░░░ big revolution we are ░░░░░░░░ through is the emerging ░░░░░░░░ to hack people to ░░░░░░░░ enough if you have ░░░░░░░░ data on a person ░░░░░░░░ you have enough computing ░░░░░░░░ you can have that ░░░░░░░░ you can understand them ░░░░░░░░ than they understand themselves ░░░░░░░░ can know their political ░░░░░░░░ their sexual preferences their ░░░░░░░░ even better than they ░░░░░░░░ then you can completely ░░░░░░░░ them And this is ░░░░░░░░ that democracy or frankly ░░░░░░░░ other human society never ░░░░░░░░ to deal with before ░░░░░░░░ was impossible throughout history ░░░░░░░░ this really undermines our ░░░░░░░░ ideas about democracy and ░░░░░░░░ society because democracy assumes ░░░░░░░░ will from individuals that ░░░░░░░░ ultimately nobody can manipulate ░░░░░░░░ beyond a certain point ░░░░░░░░ it s the same ░░░░░░░░ the free economy that ░░░░░░░░ know the customer is ░░░░░░░░ right In the end ░░░░░░░░ say customers have free ░░░░░░░░ But once corporations and ░░░░░░░░ have the ability to ░░░░░░░░ humans then there is ░░░░░░░░ longer free will First ░░░░░░░░ all we are seeing ░░░░░░░░ rise in unemployment because ░░░░░░░░ the pandemic And at ░░░░░░░░ same time I mean ░░░░░░░░ could have expected OK ░░░░░░░░ ll be a period ░░░░░░░░ large unemployment gradually within ░░░░░░░░ few years things will ░░░░░░░░ to normal and people ░░░░░░░░ have jobs again But ░░░░░░░░ is this time it ░░░░░░░░ different because at the ░░░░░░░░ moment you also have ░░░░░░░░ dramatic historical shift in ░░░░░░░░ economy which is digitalization ░░░░░░░░ automation So entire industries ░░░░░░░░ being digitalized and automated ░░░░░░░░ that experts thought would ░░░░░░░░ 10 20 years and ░░░░░░░░ ll have a problem ░░░░░░░░ 2040 it s now ░░░░░░░░ that you know in ░░░░░░░░ own university we talked ░░░░░░░░ moving online digitalizing the ░░░░░░░░ for years and we ░░░░░░░░ done nothing When the ░░░░░░░░ strike we did it ░░░░░░░░ two weeks.”