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drizzlybear 's review for:
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
this book felt like a bit of a slog to get through - it was a book club book to provoke thoughtful discussion and expand my horizons, which it did do. maybe it would've been easier to read if i was more in the mood for it. but i think not
there were some interesting points raised in this but i could not help but feel, the whole time, that the author and i fundamentally have different philosophical opinions on life. also this feels very dated already.
he pissed me off at intervals.
i appreciated his discussion of the broad themes of the way humanity has progressed and found his predictions of the future thought provoking... but mostly the thoughts were 'okay but this is a bad idea' 'NO what the HELL have you considered the implications of this' and 'please tell me you recognise the OBVIOUS flaws here' etc.
i'm excited to go read some books i actually want to read now by authors who, like me, believe that the purpose of life is to live well and happily and raise up others to do the same. (in a non-weird bioscience happy tech bro way)
there were some interesting points raised in this but i could not help but feel, the whole time, that the author and i fundamentally have different philosophical opinions on life. also this feels very dated already.
he pissed me off at intervals.
i appreciated his discussion of the broad themes of the way humanity has progressed and found his predictions of the future thought provoking... but mostly the thoughts were 'okay but this is a bad idea' 'NO what the HELL have you considered the implications of this' and 'please tell me you recognise the OBVIOUS flaws here' etc.
i'm excited to go read some books i actually want to read now by authors who, like me, believe that the purpose of life is to live well and happily and raise up others to do the same. (in a non-weird bioscience happy tech bro way)