Yuval Noah Harari - I was taught that if you'r...

I was taught that if you're going to study something, you must understand it deeply and be familiar with primary sources. But if you write a history of the whole world, you can't do this. That's the trade-off.

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli Historian

Born: Feb 24, 1976

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History, You, World, Must, Something, Write, Primary, Study, Understand, Trade-Off, Sources, Familiar, Going, Taught, Whole, Deeply

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