Yuval Noah Harari
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The coronavirus pandemic has presented humanity with an almighty shock.

Here we are, with our evermore interconnected, technologically-advanced societies, living in lockdown and fearful for our health and economic futures - thanks to an invisible virus.

Stephen Sackur interviews Israeli historian and best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari. What 21st-century lesson can we draw from the spread of COVID-19?