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Could human beings be hacked?

A best-selling author warns that computers may soon know us better than we know ourselves

Yuval Noah Harari, the Israeli historian and author of the best-selling Sapiens, has warned that computers may soon know us better than we know ourselves.

He says we are about to get the technology that could basically 'hack human beings'. In his soon to be published third book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, he argues that nationalism has become a distraction, shifting attention from global issues such as climate change and technological disruption.

(Image: Yuval Noah Harari. Credit: Getty Images)

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