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This book is ambitious in its breadth, but delivers concise observations within each section. One of the most relevant books I’ve ever read. As someone who was raised religiously, it offers a fresh way of looking back on an adolescence that provided more questions than answers.

Whoah. This is one of those rare books that can completely change your perspective on the cosmically important issues that we confront in contemporary times. And that level of change can also completely change who you are as a person. Harari might be one of the clearest thinkers ever, and is certainly one of the clearest of those that I've read thus far. This book will terrify you and then bring you back "down to Earth" with a downright comforting level of emotional detachment. Stick with it through to the end-- you might find his prescription for how to deal with "the age of bewilderment" a bit anticlimactic, but part of that prescription also includes an acknowledgement that nobody really knows what's going to happen. This is the first time in human history that all of the prevailing narratives of the arc of history seem so discredited-- calm down, take a deep breath, accept all of the uncertainty, and maybe you'll start to see opportunity instead.

In general, the best way I can explain this book is how I remember feeling as a kid when I first learned about the Milky Way being one of billions of galaxies in the universe. A little inception, a little awe, a little scared, a little hopeful, a little excitement, and a lot of trying to wrap my mind around the concept. May need to read again to fully process it all!

good book. i was a bit skeptical at first when i found out the author was israeli. so i looked up his views - i wasn’t really satisfied. however, i continued reading the book. the author made very interesting points, i have definitely learnt a lot from this book although i am slightly skeptical about certain statements and choices of examples. it feels like a historians book indeed, unbiased even though at times it feels like it isn’t. 

Great read. Very though provoking and looking forward to the machines being in charge. Can’t do a worse job than mankind can they?
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Utterly shallow blah blah blah. Skimmed the first quarter and concluded that there's nothing there. 

Harari sendo Harari. Mais um daqueles livros que mudou a minha perspectiva em uma série de fatores. Da sociedade japonesa ao movimento político atual. O livro pula bastante da discussão sobre super-humanos tocando o mundo do futuro, o que achei ótimo, já que é algo que ele discute bastante em Homo Deus.

Em 2016, li o [b:Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age|15931708|Networks of Outrage and Hope Social Movements in the Internet Age|Manuel Castells|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1375669082s/15931708.jpg|21682521], do Castells, que fala sobre como vários países estão passando por um movimento de descrédito da política, um misto de decepção com os políticos e desapontamento quando percebemos que as promessas não serão cumpridas. Harari dá um contexto e uma perspectiva para isso, quando discute como estamos chegando em um ponto onde não há uma grande mensagem política que unifique as pessoas e a ansiedade que vem dessa falta de missão.

Recomendo para qualquer um vivo no Século XXI. Harari tem um desapego e uma cultura que se combinam muito bem para uma descrição da humanidade sem julgamentos. Aqui discute uma série de problemas e transições que estamos enfrentando. Sinto que é um livro que vou ter que reler várias vezes, para tirar insights sobre o que estou (e o mundo está) passando no momento. Atualmente, para mim, a maior lição foi política. Mas garanto que tem uma outra lição para cada um.
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