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anna_pr's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
jimbowen0306's review
4.0
In his previous book, Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari looked at how people evolved into how we are today. It wasn't a biology treatise, more a take on human social interactions up till today. This book goes one step further it looks at what human's have believed in the past, relates the idea to the present, and uses the ideas to make predictions about the future.
In a way, this book this book reminds me of the Dawkins book The Selfish Gene. That book looks at the body, and biology clinically, and directly. This book does the same with social interactions, and it raises some interesting points along the way.
It's just when you replace passion and wonder with clinicality, you're left feeling a bit blah about the world, which is how I felt at the end of the book. It made interesting points, and I enjoyed them, but be warned you'll probably feel kind of sad after you've finished it too.
In a way, this book this book reminds me of the Dawkins book The Selfish Gene. That book looks at the body, and biology clinically, and directly. This book does the same with social interactions, and it raises some interesting points along the way.
It's just when you replace passion and wonder with clinicality, you're left feeling a bit blah about the world, which is how I felt at the end of the book. It made interesting points, and I enjoyed them, but be warned you'll probably feel kind of sad after you've finished it too.
anjaleer's review
3.0
Yuval Noah Harari is a great captivating author, however I feel like he slightly missed his mark on this one. A lot of his insights were not that surprising and one could have probably gotten the same insights on the future by watching a few short video clips on new tech inventions on Facebook or LinkedIn.