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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
Mình thấy cuốn này là tệ nhất trong 3 cuốn của Noah Harari
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for this reader's copy. In exchange, I am providing an honest review.
My head hurts. In a good way. Harari's book tackled some topics I am pretty sure I didn't even realize existed and/or brought up topics that I am aware of but never would have thought about on my own. Of course, now that Harari has introduced them into my thinking life I am much more aware of those topics in my news feeds, etc. The read of this title is what I call a warm-up read for me. I'm going to need to read it again at some point so that my brain can really grab on. This read my brain was just trying to keep up. Some of his thoughts on the future of humankind and technology like AI were disquieting to me, either I'm extremely naive (which I'm not necessarily disputing) or I'm much more hopeful than Harari is about the humanity of humans. His chapters on God and Secularism were incredibly good and so interesting. Ending the book talking about meditation was an interesting way to wrap up this very heavy and somber look at where we are and where Yuval thinks we are headed. If I understood correctly, meditation is the way Harari remains hopeful in the midst of heaviness which is why he chose to end the book with it as well.
My head hurts. In a good way. Harari's book tackled some topics I am pretty sure I didn't even realize existed and/or brought up topics that I am aware of but never would have thought about on my own. Of course, now that Harari has introduced them into my thinking life I am much more aware of those topics in my news feeds, etc. The read of this title is what I call a warm-up read for me. I'm going to need to read it again at some point so that my brain can really grab on. This read my brain was just trying to keep up. Some of his thoughts on the future of humankind and technology like AI were disquieting to me, either I'm extremely naive (which I'm not necessarily disputing) or I'm much more hopeful than Harari is about the humanity of humans. His chapters on God and Secularism were incredibly good and so interesting. Ending the book talking about meditation was an interesting way to wrap up this very heavy and somber look at where we are and where Yuval thinks we are headed. If I understood correctly, meditation is the way Harari remains hopeful in the midst of heaviness which is why he chose to end the book with it as well.
The author has some unusual insights about human nature and our situation which I found thought provoking and worthwhile.
This book caps off a trilogy: Sapiens dealt with the past, Homo Deus dealt with the future, and this one deals with the present.
I'm a big fan of Harari, but this book seems a little disjointed and rushed. It also repeats a lot of the ideas from his prior books. And as was the case with Sapiens, I felt myself reading some parts of this book carefully, but then just skimming over large parts of it.
I agree with one of other reviewers in that I liked the fact that this book has a more personal tone than his previous books. Nevertheless, overall I would recommend that people who are interested in Harari's work start by reading one of his other books first.
I'm a big fan of Harari, but this book seems a little disjointed and rushed. It also repeats a lot of the ideas from his prior books. And as was the case with Sapiens, I felt myself reading some parts of this book carefully, but then just skimming over large parts of it.
I agree with one of other reviewers in that I liked the fact that this book has a more personal tone than his previous books. Nevertheless, overall I would recommend that people who are interested in Harari's work start by reading one of his other books first.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I read most of this book for a media course I am taking. Harari is wildly intelligent and provides a nuanced response to the issues plaguing the world today. At points he comes across with a little too much intensity, but this was all in all an educational and mostly enjoyable read.
It took me over 6 months to finish it. Not because its hard or boring, but mostly because sometimes I found the concepts were repetitive and the examples/stories were not that interesting for me. Regardless, it definitely leaves you with this feeling of self questioning your biasses, the things you need to unlearn and the ever present “who am I?”
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I enjoyed learning and relearning various aspects of world history as well as Harari’s insights. However I thought the ending fell a little short. I understand the idea of introspection or knowing oneself through many ways including meditation but I felt he could be a little more analytical about the practicality of knowing one self just so that the algorithm does not tell us who we are
informative
reflective
medium-paced