A review by gadicohen93
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari

3.0

Elevator music, really — nothing substantial. Maybe because it played in my ears and I could not actively engage. Absolutely there is some pseudoscience here. The number of times Harari discusses “dopamine monitors” or some variation thereof is above-zero, and maybe there is some validity to the idea that future technology will enable us to indulge our maximalist Epicurean urges, but I found the image a bit lazy. Beyond that there were some interesting anecdotes: discussions of how national conscription led to democratic suffrage, or of the debate around how ethics can be explained by facts (eg, the dam in China providing electricity to a billion people but leading to the extinction of a dolphin species). Some food for thought here but maybe the format lended itself to more of a light charcuterie than anything filling.