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In an interesting book called Lessons for the 21^st Century, Yuval Noah Harari reminds us that as human beings we are always connected.

What is so profound is his discovery of the connections that have happened in our past.

Community was in the form of groups, religion, churches, community leagues, philosophies, salons, discussions and in-person gatherings. As someone who loves volunteering, I love community. Community means spending time together.

Yet a shift is happening. Machine-learning and AI are starting to assume the wisdom of how we should group. The wisdom of how we should communicate and the wisdom of our actions. \”Group data\” is dictating how our communities should act, how we should act, and what we are going to do.

I love community — and I also love technology. I believe it can be used for good. Many companies can use AI and these behavioral predictions to help people in health, business predictions, and operations, reducing costs. This kind of AI is all good.

But how discomforting that AI transcends into our personal sphere. Now, more than ever, many of us long for a true, heartfelt connection. Long for caring about the world, long for caring about each other. And machine learning is supposed to be our glue? Machine learning is going to tell us how are going to connect and when and how?

I’m not sure we want to be categorized by group behaviors, by computer algorithms that say when we should talk, when we need to meet, or predict how we’re going to behave.

However, this may well help companies and their sales teams. It will help companies create and deliver products that may appeal to us. But the line has to stop when it starts to dictate how we act, feel, or how we will act or feel.

There’s a part of life that shouldn’t be categorized. There’s a part of human connection that should be considered priceless, unquantifiable. There is a part of us that all long for the literary salon,

the community group with a potluck,

the book club where we are all nurturing and listening to each other

and the warm church or synagogue or temple gathering.

We’re not asking to be quantified.

Let\’s go find and nurture community the old-fashioned, connected way. It will create deep relationships and help us be our best. We can be grateful for advancement in technology, but keep community personal. If we listen to our hearts, we will know when we need to meet, with whom and where. We must be sure to

listen to our hearts.

Let\’s Go Out And Find Some Community,

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Yuval Noah Harari was born in Kiryat Ata, Israel, in 1976 and grew up in a secular Jewish family with Lebanese and Eastern European roots in Haifa, Israel. Harari is gay and in 2002 met his husband Itzik Yahav, whom he calls \”my internet of all things\”. Yahav is also Harari\’s personal manager. They married in a civil ceremony in Toronto in Canada. The couple lives in a moshav (a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms), Mesilat Zion, near Jerusalem.

Harari received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 2002, and is currently a lecturer at the Department of History, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Harari originally specialized in world history, medieval history and military history. His current research focuses on macro-historical questions. As of the end of 2018, his books have sold 19 million copies worldwide.

Harari lectures around the world on the topics explored in his books and articles, and has written for publications such as The Guardian, Financial Times, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist and Nature magazine. He also offers his knowledge and time to various organizations and audiences on a voluntary basis.

Biosource: Yuval Noah Harari Official Website, Wikipedia; Images: Fig. 1: Photo by Rawpixel on Unsplash, Fig. 2:  Photo by Robert Bye on Unsplash, Fig. 3: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash, Fig. 4: Photo by Alexis Brown on Unsplash, Fig. 5: Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash, Fig. 6: Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash, Fig. 7: Photo by Gabriel Garcia Marengo on Unsplash, Fig. 8: Photo by Nicole Honeywill on Unsplash, Fig. 9: Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash.

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