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Interesting and insightful. Half of this has already come true while the other half seems like just a matter of time. Powerful commentary that stings like an episode of black mirror.
I felt this book was less organised a bit more ‘all over the place’ compared to the previous on, Sapiens. The good part it right at the end, when quite a few ideas blew my mind a bit. This will definitely be a 4-star review for some people, but comparing it to the previous one, I can’t.
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kind of a chore to get through, TBH. treaded a lot of the same ground as Sapiens, and spent precious little time on the "tomorrow" part of "a brief history of tomorrow". I'm guess I'm glad I stuck through it, because the last chapter was the best chapter, but it could've come about 100 pages earlier.
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funny
hopeful
informative
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Really interesting and really hard to read.
A nice passage:
" We aren't born with a ready-made conscience. As we pass through life we hurt people and people hurt us, we act compassionately and others show compassion to us. If we pay attention, our moral sensitivity sharpens, and experiences become a source of valuable ethical knowledge about what is good, what is right, and who I am".
A nice passage:
" We aren't born with a ready-made conscience. As we pass through life we hurt people and people hurt us, we act compassionately and others show compassion to us. If we pay attention, our moral sensitivity sharpens, and experiences become a source of valuable ethical knowledge about what is good, what is right, and who I am".
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Dense, informative, scientific. I am surprised to see this book was written in 2015, very timely as some of its predictions about the economy and politics now are coming forward only 10 years later, mainly the as control of big tech in our political landscape, media, and job market. I recommend reading sapiens first to get a look at the past and present, and if you like that then read homo deus to get that same perspective but on modern day and the future.
So repetitive but never dives deep. Also much more speculative and pop-sciency than I care for.
Homo Sapiens is worth the read but this one is not.
Homo Sapiens is worth the read but this one is not.
I find this rehashed a lot of Sapiens and the best part of the book was the final chapter where he spoke about data and how it is taking over. I can only hope that we do not end up in a society like this, although it feels like we already are.
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Not a strong sequel to Sapeins. Many comparisons are reductionist and not based on facts but just the author's strong biases. Ex: Comparing North Korea to South Korea and saying they have access to the same tech. Or that overly simplistic comparisons between communism and Liberalism. More than a few chapters and sub-chapters are tangential rants that don't relate strongly to the overall theme on the book (which now that I'm done...I'm not sure what even is concretely).
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While the author does a good job in challenging many modern assumptions and myths the arguments are logically flawed and relies on ignoring information that doesn’t conform to his argument.
The writing isn’t great, and the attempts at humor is annoying at best.
This book should be read as an provocative thought experiment designed at challenging modern assumptions about reality, but should not be considered anything close to truth.
The writing isn’t great, and the attempts at humor is annoying at best.
This book should be read as an provocative thought experiment designed at challenging modern assumptions about reality, but should not be considered anything close to truth.