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zripwud's review against another edition
5.0
Increíble, en el sentido literal de la palabra, viaje del pasado al posible futuro de la Humanidad. Sus logros y tropiezos visto desde una perspectiva bastante objetiva.
Un libro hecho para abrir cabezas.
Un libro hecho para abrir cabezas.
jackson_kn64's review against another edition
4.0
Harari undoubtedly proposes a compelling thesis and analysis of some of the most pressing questions facing humanity today.
This book draws on what it means to be human, and touches on some of the contradictions that we have become accustomed to over the past 200 years, since the Industrial Revolution. This is I think the book's strongest point, in that Harari says what is necessary in reference to the history of Sapiens before the Cognitive and Agricultural Revolutions, and then really draws on the implications modernity (post-Industrial and Scientific Revolution) has brought to our lives today.
I also think that the closing 40 pages or so really sums up the point of the book itself. How do we "know" what it is we want as a society? How can we trust that advancements in artificial intelligence will bring us closer to a level of certain contentment or happiness? Such questions permeate our culture, and it is concerning that many are not consciously evaluating such ideas. The singularity has already begun. We have no idea where we're headed. Our capacity to grasp the significance of the advancements in science is hardly an indication of a defined/determined future.
This book draws on what it means to be human, and touches on some of the contradictions that we have become accustomed to over the past 200 years, since the Industrial Revolution. This is I think the book's strongest point, in that Harari says what is necessary in reference to the history of Sapiens before the Cognitive and Agricultural Revolutions, and then really draws on the implications modernity (post-Industrial and Scientific Revolution) has brought to our lives today.
I also think that the closing 40 pages or so really sums up the point of the book itself. How do we "know" what it is we want as a society? How can we trust that advancements in artificial intelligence will bring us closer to a level of certain contentment or happiness? Such questions permeate our culture, and it is concerning that many are not consciously evaluating such ideas. The singularity has already begun. We have no idea where we're headed. Our capacity to grasp the significance of the advancements in science is hardly an indication of a defined/determined future.
nicoleyuu's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
ellozx's review against another edition
4.5
overall pretty interesting. some parts were hard to keep track of and some were boring (ie the econ stuff) but this book also brought out a lot of really interesting points that i haven’t really thought of earlier.
vikramx's review against another edition
2.0
Now that the Doomsday clock is closest to existential cataclysm than it's ever been – 2.5 minutes to midnight ; I thought it would be a good time to read about how an ape branched out from rest of the primates and went on to dominate the planet to an extent that its anthropogenic age triggered the sixth mass extinction and might probably culminate devouring sapiens as species too .
Harari’s work is quite elementary , but then the intent is more to give a chronological sense of how humans came to being and where they are headed ; the book treats each epoch as a revolution starting with cognitive , agricultural and so on ….Overall it's a good primer , but in case you're looking for some mind-bending evolutionary psychology dissertations ; this is not your book .
Harari’s work is quite elementary , but then the intent is more to give a chronological sense of how humans came to being and where they are headed ; the book treats each epoch as a revolution starting with cognitive , agricultural and so on ….Overall it's a good primer , but in case you're looking for some mind-bending evolutionary psychology dissertations ; this is not your book .