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is_book_loring's review against another edition
3.0
What I liked about Yuval Noah Harari is how he always presented and explored different contradictory perspectives, encourage the habit to take the ugliness out into the open and think about it, to be aware, but to stay inspired and resilient.
“Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.”
“Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.”
readbyashleyd's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Not quite as good as Sapiens but definitely better than Homo Deus.
tonyleachsf's review against another edition
3.0
There’s a lot to like about this book - my own point of view about a bunch of topics (politics, truth, religion) crisped up while reading it.
But it also veered hard from “future-gazing essays” to “modern issue essays” to “religion essays” and many of these essays were just uninteresting or old hat.
But it also veered hard from “future-gazing essays” to “modern issue essays” to “religion essays” and many of these essays were just uninteresting or old hat.
stephxsu's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars. The first part, about the considerations we should make regarding economy in the face of AI, was the most compelling. I felt like the author stretched himself too thin in the remaining parts, with the result being that many of his arguments in the later part of the book were built upon nothing more than assumed common knowledge simplifications about societies and histories. I ended up skimming chapters.
leannep's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I think my brain hurts! Democracy, War, Religion, Technological disruption, Climate change, Racism, Ecological collapse, Terrorism, Suffering ... it all comes down to a few things...Story, Power, Meditation.
So many negatives about our world, the unknown future of AI and algorithms...will we ever understand? Be able to make a difference? Or is it best to live in the eternal present?
So much to think about with no easy answers. No wonder my brain hurts!
So many negatives about our world, the unknown future of AI and algorithms...will we ever understand? Be able to make a difference? Or is it best to live in the eternal present?
So much to think about with no easy answers. No wonder my brain hurts!
michalhaman's review against another edition
4.0
Po Homo Sapiens a Homo Deus Harari touto knihou voľne nadviazal na predošlé knihy. Išiel hlbšie do niektorých konkrétnych tém - ako sám píše - o ktorých debatoval s čitateľmi, a na ktoré sa najčastejšie pýtali. Miestami sa mi zdalo, že už iba opakuje svoje argumenty dokola, ale to vôbec nie je na škodu, skôr naopak. Celkovo výborná kniha, písaná v štýle predošlých, no pre mňa už len taký doplnok. Nie taký masterpiece, ako tie dve predošlé.