“What will be the greatest driving force for changes of human society in the future?”

Guess what would be the answer from two great scholars-Jared Diamond, who is called Charles Darwin of 21st century and the author of ‘Guns, germs and steel’, and Yuval Harari, who is a professor of history and the author of the international bestseller ‘Sapiens’?

The big talk of the century which Dr. Diamond and Prof. Harari had had, was arranged by Seoul Economic Daily, one of the oldest economic daily in Korea, celebrating the Seoul Forum 2016. ‘SEOUL FORUM 2016’ will take place at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Korea, from May 11 to 12.

This is the world’s first talk between two scholars through the e-mail. Dr. Diamond and Prof. Harari respectively located in USA and Israel, so have exchanged opinions by sending and receiving E-mail. Seoul Economic Daily made a request to Prof. Yuval Harari to ask six questions. However Prof. Yuval Harari answered the questions first and then threw the questions to Dr. Diamond with his comments. Dr. Diamond also gave his opinion about those questions and comments. And as Prof. Harari added his opinion on Dr. Diamond’s answer. Dr, Diamond’s final responses will be unveiled at the ‘SEOUL FORUM2016’ from May 11 to 12.

And for now Seoul Economic Daily releases a full talk of two great scholars ahead of the ‘SEOUL FORUM 2016’.

/Eunyoung Seo supia927@sedaily.com



▲Dr. Jared Diamond sent a message to Korean Readers before his visit. He‘s invited as a key-note speaker at Seoul Forum 2016 which is one of the biggest Business Forum in Korea, and held by the Seoul Economic Daily. He’s going to make speech about the future of human society.

※Seoul Economic Daily will broadcast the Seoul Forum live in real time, especially Keynote Speech by Professor Jared Diamond, A Conversation with Professor Jared Diamond. You can see the specific information on the official website(▶http://seoulforum.kr/eng)And you can watch the live-cast through our facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/sedailythumb/Follow and watch! we‘ll notice the broadcast schedule by Push-Up message!