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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
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.
60% Harari's opinion on stuff + 30% Some historical information + 10% future stuff
kinda preachy, information filled though. 15 hours is a bit much however.
Terrifying.
Harari makes a strong case for the transmogrification of humanity into cyborgs and eventually pure dataflow. I read this alongside of the waitbutwhy article about neuralink, and I have to admit, this is not a future I want. I'm no luddite, but I believe in sunsets and mountains and human-composed music.
But a criticism of our predicted future is not a criticism of the book. Harari thinks--and writes--incredibly clearly, with plenty of evidence to back up his claims. Like in his previous book Sapiens, he steps out of the mire of competing philosophies (including religious, economic and humanist) and examines them rationally, to their detriment and our benefit. Ideologues of any bent will despise his books--sacred cows are disassembled with slaughterhouse efficiency.
In the end, the main weakness of the book is that it deals with the future--a risky move in any arena. But just because the future can't be predicted doesn't mean we won't benefit from Harari's clear thinking on the subject.
Harari makes a strong case for the transmogrification of humanity into cyborgs and eventually pure dataflow. I read this alongside of the waitbutwhy article about neuralink, and I have to admit, this is not a future I want. I'm no luddite, but I believe in sunsets and mountains and human-composed music.
But a criticism of our predicted future is not a criticism of the book. Harari thinks--and writes--incredibly clearly, with plenty of evidence to back up his claims. Like in his previous book Sapiens, he steps out of the mire of competing philosophies (including religious, economic and humanist) and examines them rationally, to their detriment and our benefit. Ideologues of any bent will despise his books--sacred cows are disassembled with slaughterhouse efficiency.
In the end, the main weakness of the book is that it deals with the future--a risky move in any arena. But just because the future can't be predicted doesn't mean we won't benefit from Harari's clear thinking on the subject.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Extremely challenging and lead to some serious existential thought. I'm a Christian, but I sincerely appreciated the atheistic criticism found here of religion, and I'm curious about the criticism it also raised for modern secular humanism. The ideas for what a transhuman world view will look like is fascinating, and the consideration for how ethics may need to evolve, or at least recenter its perspective, will be curious to see play out
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Intriguing
I enjoyed the authors first book Sapiens immensely and thought I'd like this one as much but found much of the beginning chapters a review of Sapiens. The last 100 pages though are dynamite. His thesis is important for anyone and everyone to ponder and even start preparing for.
I enjoyed the authors first book Sapiens immensely and thought I'd like this one as much but found much of the beginning chapters a review of Sapiens. The last 100 pages though are dynamite. His thesis is important for anyone and everyone to ponder and even start preparing for.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced