Yuval Noah Harari

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A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens

Fatih Arslan

In Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel Brave New World, published in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression, happiness is the air che supreme value and psychiatric drugs replace the police and che ballot as the foundation of politics. Every day, each person takes a dose of 'soma', a synthetic drug which makes people happy without harming their productivity and efficiency. The World State that governs the entire globe is never threatened by wars, revolutions, strikes or demonstrations, because all people are supremely content with their current conditions, whatever they may be. Huxley's vision of the future is far more troubling than George Orwell's Nineten Eighty-Four. Huxley's world seems monstrous to most readers, but it is hard to explain why. Everybody is happy all the time - what gtl and nponer aher could be wrong with that?

So, monotheism explains order, but is mystified by evil. Dualism explains evil, but is puzzled by order. There is one logical way of solving the riddle: to argue that there is a single omnipotent God who created the entire universe - and He's evil. But nobody in history has had the stomach for such a belief. *

Rayacak

**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER** What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human in the perfect read for these unprecedented times. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us. In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going. ‘I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who’s interested in the history and future of our species’ Bill Gates ‘Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we’ve been on this Earth’ Barack Obama **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

Dhrumil Patel

Mihai Nueleanu

Jatan Mehta

Madhuri jain

A thought-provoking book. It is the best book I have read so far. It answers all the questions related to human existence and they are so convincing and logical. If someone wants to read just one book in their entire life, then they should read this one.

scurtă istorie a omenirii

One of the most eye-opening books I have ever read and also the first historic book I actually enjoyed reading a lot. The best part is how the author connects different things from the past with our current time. Of course, I felt a bit of his prejudice on the issues related to homosexuality and meat eating as these topics are specifically close to his heart, but the reasoning he provided gave me ideas to reconsider.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Jamieson

“Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behaviour, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition.” 


This book was incredibly fucking interesting. Somehow Yuval Noah Harari is able to condense human history into 450 pages, and it's both concise enough to not drag, but detailed enough to feel like you're really developing knowledge. I love all the different threads this book bought together: history, science, culture, anthropology and philosophy all combined to create some really interesting discussions about Homo Sapiens. 

What I liked about this was that it was so educational, but also quite funny and entertaining. It was so easy to follow because of how the author infused it with jokes and funny comparisons. If you're someone like me who enjoys non-fiction but isn't a massive buff that balance between facts and humour was so nice. It's definitely a beginners, "I don't do this often" type book, but thats what I am so for me it was perfect. 

This book definitely blew my mind, multiple times. Can't tell you how many times I messaged friends and family like "did you know that scientists are going to inject Neanderthal DNA into a human so they give birth to a Neanderthal" and "did you know Homo Sapiens, Homo Erectus and Neanderthal's were alive at the same time?" and "Did you know that aluminium used to be worth more then gold so Roman kings served their favourite guests on aluminium plates and everyone else had to 'make do' with the gold plates" All the little trivia facts and things like that were fun to collect and I definitely remember a lot of the things that happened in here

I also found the discussion aspects illuminating and open-ended enough that I could debate it with myself. My perspective on some issues were challenged which was really nice. Some of the chapters though were definitely less interesting then others. The beginning was so interesting and my favourite part, early human civilisations were covered so well, but some of the discussions on economics and religion didn't engage me as much. Maybe because I hate math? regardless, the middle wasn't as exciting to me as the beginning and the end. 


  “You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.” 



Overall, I definitely recommend this if you want a brief but educational book about history. It's easy to read despite it's subject matter, and definitely taught me a thing or ten. I actually listened to this on audiobook and I highly recommend that, the narrator was fantastic and actually had a really soothing tone that helped me fall asleep (in the good, this calmed me down way not the bad it was so boring I fell asleep way)

Will definitely check out the sequel, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

violet clare

see this review for my thoughts on this book. saïd articulated the criticisms i have of this book now--and that i was formulating even when i read it as a senior in high school!--better than i could have. (lol.)

Félix

I have a hard time reviewing this book. On one hand, it's an enlightening book with lots of thoughts, ideas and knowledge worth spreading. Spending a few hours reading Sapiens isn't wasted time, it will somehow be an enriching experience. There is a lot of wisdom in almost every chapter, and it can help shatter many misconceptions about us, our history and probably our future too.

On the other hand, I loathe Harari's style. If you're somewhat interested in some kind of epistemic background in the things you read; and you aren't satisfied with books written in a style "Thus spoke Zarathustra." Sapiens will probably be a frustrating and enraging reading experience. 

Why? Because Harari doesn't care about convincing you, bringing clear and transparent arguments or, God forbid, give evidence for his claims. His style is clear: «Here is my knowledge brought to paper; eat it or die» 

He won't reference most of his thoughts, and the few times he does, it's more anecdotal than a true reference. You won't find any background information on sentences that go like:

 «Hunter-gatherers spent their time in more stimulating and varied ways, and were less in danger of starvation and disease. The Agricultural Revolution certainly enlarged the sum total of food at the disposal of humankind, but the extra food did not translate into a better diet or more leisure.»

You won't find any reference how he came to the knowledge how Hunter Gatherer used to live - it's just an assumption that will stay a thorn in the otherwise smart sounding paragraph. But the unfulfilling character of these claims makes the whole argumentation void of any credibility; and the whole book reads like this. Sure, it might be true - but you have to do your research about almost every claim he makes in his book, Harari will not reach you the hand to guide you through his beliefs.

As a reader, you just have to live with the fact that, hopefully, Harari has good reasons for his claims, you just have to trust him; but again he won't provide you with any information helping you to make your own epistemic judgement on his claims.

If your goal is to catch up with the trendiest ideas about human history from the hottest History TED speaker right now, go for it. It's fun, it's thrilling, it's somehow wise. But it's not good.

If credible background information, transparent argumentation and references mean something to you; skip it and instead, dig into The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (from which Harari blatantly plagiarizes at least a section in my opinion), The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? (which provides much more insight into possible hunter-gatherer societies for example) and finally, for the evolution and the understanding of our mind - The Enigma of Reason.

On the other hand, if you have an academic degree and consider this book somehow convincing; I'd warmly suggest the above mentioned books as well as a refresher about how scientific, critical thinking is supposed to work. Ironically, Harari mentions it himself in his book, but he doesn't seem to care about it himself very much.

Alex Ker

Harari examines political, economic, and cultural systems organized consciously and unconsciously by humankind throughout the cognitive, agricultural, and industrial revolutions. Shows how evolution is heartless, and history is random; poses questions on what happiness and success of Sapiens as a species entails. Succinct, entertaining, thought-provoking, yet accessible in the best kind of way.

Vignesh Krishnamoorthy

Sanjay Krishna 

Interesting thoughts. Doesn't live up to the hype.

Irem

Kitabın başlarındaki bilimsel bilgi aktarımı, tarım devrimi işe subjektifleşmeye başlıyor. Farklı fikirler ve bakış açıları insanlar için gelişime destekçidir ancak burada "kötü olan sapiens onu iyileştirmeye çalılan barışçıl ve doğadan yana olan kapitalizmdir" gibi, yahut yazarın kendi cinsel yöneliminin, dini tercihlerinin ve kendi kültürünün doğruluğunu bu kadar evrensel bir konudan, bilim kitabı fikri altından verilmesi rahatsız edici. Bu tip konularda, farklı bakış açılarına sahip belli kültürel birikim ve objektif anlatıma sahip "üstat" statüsünde yazarlar varken böyle zorlama bir üslupla gelen kişisel görüşleri bu kitapta okumak sıkıcı geldi. Zaten bu yüzden okuması çok kolay ve basit bir dile sahip olmasına rağmen okuma süresi uzuyor.

McKlayne Marshall

Interesting read. Read more like a historical fiction.

Cindy Lieberman

A stellar discussion of how our aggressive and powerful species became dominant and what that means for the future, if we have one.

eliz

unlocked a lot of different things from all corners of my mind. informative and entertaining and mind-blowing overall. fascinating from start to end. easily one of the best books i've read.

Benjamin Snipes

Excellent book

Very thought provoking though I wish the author included more footnotes to the concepts he proposes for further research. Should be required reading in high school.

Emilia 

Gaser Moussa

I'm amazed by this book and how it addresses the walk of sapiens thought its very early beginning!It's not fictional and dreamy nor pessimistic it's about how we become what we have become and how will we be going afterwards. We shouldn't fear massive technological developments like AI revolution or stuff like CRISPR,not all of us would be superhumans or live a comfy life but things like that will make life easier amd will help us figure out how can we deal with our new reality and it's brand new issues,we'll be redefining our ideologies and religions and social constructs in the light of the new world and will also help us fix what we destroyed throughout our long progression and evolution. Future is full of anxieties and opportunities.Exciting.

Ahmed Salem

هذا الكتاب هو كبسولة زمنية تجمع شتات تاريخ الانسان عبر عصور سحيقة بداية من اباؤنا الأوائل الى عصر ما بعد الانسان 
Post-Human

تذكرة مدهشة كيف شققنا طريقنا من الحيوانية البحتة الى مرتبة اعلى و أرقى ... و كيف أحدثنا ثورات عدة غيرت و جه الحياه كما نعرفها بل غيرت شكل الكوكب الأزرق نفسه ... عبر ثورات اختراع الكتابة و الزراعة ثم الصناعة فأخيرا ثورة المعلومات 

أريد ان أفرضه مقررا دراسيا في كل الأنظمة التعليمية

Nelson Zagalo

“Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” conta a história da nossa espécie, focando-se sobre o modo como passámos de presas a predadores e nos tornámos na espécie dominante. Yuval Noah Harari parte da sua disciplina base, a História, à qual acopla as restantes ciências sociais — Comunicação, Sociologia, Psicologia, Economia e Geografia — tudo estruturado por uma lógica Evolucionista. O resultado é uma obra de divulgação de ciência dotada de enorme retórica e alcance conceptual, capaz de colocar Harari ao nível de Carl Sagan, David Deutsch, Jared Diamond, Stephen Hawking ou Richard Dawkins.

Bastam as primeiras páginas para percebermos que estamos perante um texto distinto, no qual Harari define desde logo três momentos chave no seu enquadramento sobre o modo como a espécie humana transformou por completo a sua presença no planeta: a Revolução Cognitiva (70,000 anos a.c.); a Revolução Agrícola (10,000 anos a.c.); e a Revolução Científica (1500 d.c.). Harari foca todo o historiar a partir da primeira revolução, contando a nossa história ao longo destes 70 mil anos, numas breves 400 páginas.

Assim, até à Revolução Cognitiva, seríamos uma espécie como as outras, indefesa e presa fácil. A partir deste momento, passámos a contar com a Linguagem e com a Comunicação que iriam suportar a cooperação em larga-escala, permitindo-nos começar a trabalhar em grupos, comunidades, tribos e depois nações, ou seja, permitiu-nos organizar-nos e sair de África para conquistar todo o planeta. A partir deste ponto, o nervo central da nossa história deixa de ser a Biologia e passa a ser a Cultura por nós produzida. Nestes 70 mil anos, biologicamente falando pouco mudámos enquanto Sapiens, já culturalmente nada mais fizemos do que mudar.

A Revolução Agrícola apresentada por Harari não traz muito de novo, tendo em conta que Jared Diamond praticamente esgotou o tema nas suas obras, ainda assim existe espaço para a primeira grande provocação deste livro: terá sido um erro? Tendo em conta os níveis de felicidade humana, Harari questiona se não nos teremos tornado mais infelizes, ao deixar-nos sedentarizar e escravizar pelo trabalho duro e pesado da agricultura, tudo em nome de mais conforto. A questão tem provocado imensa discussão, não vou tomar partido, assumo antes um conceito criado por K. Kelly há uns anos, o da “inevitabilidade tecnológica”, e que Harari quase aflora, e que nos diz que somos de certo modo impulsionados pela tecnologia, enquanto parte da cultura, a inventar e a inovar. Deste modo não adianta muito questionar se terá sido um erro, já que dificilmente se pode ver como uma escolha da espécie.

Ambas as revoluções foram fruto de uma tecnologia base da comunicação, o ato de contar histórias que sustenta os mitos e as religiões. Foi através deste que pudemos criar imaginários coletivos, capazes de produzir crença e assim solidificar a colaboração na base da confiança uns nos outros. Contudo a uma determinada altura, os mitos e as religiões estagnariam o progresso, nomeadamente pelo seu distanciamento cada vez maior da realidade. Basta olhar para os séculos da idade medieval e o seu resultado em Inquisições religiosas. E é aí que Harari coloca a última revolução, a científica, que transformaria por completo o imaginário e impulsionaria avanços na capacitação da espécie, que antes nunca teriam sido sequer sonhados.

Harari é fortemente dotado na retórica pela narrativa, usa recorrentemente pequenas histórias, que polvilha com imensos factos, e afirma sem dúvidas, o que tem a dizer. Ou seja, partindo do pressuposto que as estruturas narrativas da nossa História são meramente especulativas, Harari faz aquilo que Sagan fazia, assume a sua escolha, e conta a sua história, como se da verdade absoluta se tratasse. Isto é problemático em termos científicos, mas por outro lado, é fundamental em divulgação científica. Não seria possível escrever um livro sobre 70 mil anos de história, se se ponderassem todos os caminhos e variáveis possíveis. O que Harari faz é contar a história, segundo pressupostos lógicos, fundamentados em processos dedutivos, assentes em grandes marcos teóricos.

Um desses marcos é o Evolucionismo. Toda a História de Harari se distancia do mero relatar de factos, da mera exposição do que terá acontecido, já que este se concentra antes em explicar porque aconteceu assim. E fá-lo munido de um grande conjunto de dados provenientes de uma série de disciplinas distintas. Ora o evolucionismo, apesar da sua problemática (não ser testável experimentalmente), acaba por funcionar muitíssimo bem em todo este trabalho, tal como já tinha acontecido com Dutton em “The Art Intinct”. Porque o evolucionismo contribui com um quadro teórico que sustenta um conjunto de preceitos lógicos e respondem de modo científico, ainda que teorizante, a questões que até aqui se enquadrariam no reino do mero mito.

Nesta senda Harari vai acabar por re-rotular muito daquilo que conhecemos, nomeadamente transformando todos os sistemas políticos — comunismo, capitalismo, socialismo, etc. — em religiões substitutas, no sentido em que passaram a ser estas quem dita as nossas condutas. Pelo meio Harari apresenta amiúde rasgos interpretativos soberbos, não totalmente deslocados de outros teóricos especulativos, nomeadamente no campo dos Estudos Culturais. Aproveito para deixar alguns desses rasgos:

Imaginário: Consumismo Romântico
“Even what people take to be their most personal desires are usually programmed by the imagined order. Let’s consider, for example, the popular desire to take a holiday abroad. There is nothing natural or obvious about this. A chimpanzee alpha male would never think of using his power in order to go on holiday into the territory of a neighbouring chimpanzee band. The elite of ancient Egypt spent their fortunes building pyramids and having their corpses mummified, but none of them thought of going shopping in Babylon or taking a skiing holiday in Phoenicia. People today spend a great deal of money on holidays abroad because they are true believers in the myths of romantic consumerism.”
..
“Romanticism tells us that in order to make the most of our human potential we must have as many different experiences as we can. ”
..
“Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy we must consume as many products and services as possible.”
..
“Romanticism, which encourages variety, meshes perfectly with consumerism. Their marriage has given birth to the infinite ‘market of experiences’, on which the modern tourism industry is founded. The tourism industry does not sell flight tickets and hotel bedrooms. It sells experiences.”
..
“Like the elite of ancient Egypt, most people in most cultures dedicate their lives to building pyramids. Only the names, shapes and sizes of these pyramids change from one culture to the other. They may take the form, for example, of a suburban cottage with a swimming pool and an evergreen lawn, or a gleaming penthouse with an enviable view. Few question the myths that cause us to desire the pyramid in the first place.”


Imaginário: Capitalismo
“Contrary to Aristotle, there is no known biological difference between slaves and free people. Human laws and norms have turned some people into slaves and others into masters. (..) 
Most people claim that their social hierarchy is natural and just, while those of other societies are based on false and ridiculous criteria. Modern Westerners are taught to scoff at the idea of racial hierarchy. They are shocked by laws prohibiting blacks to live in white neighbourhoods, or to study in white schools, or to be treated in white hospitals.
But the hierarchy of rich and poor – which mandates that rich people live in separate and more luxurious neighbourhoods, study in separate and more prestigious schools, and receive medical treatment in separate and better-equipped facilities – seems perfectly sensible to many Americans and Europeans. Yet it’s a proven fact that most rich people are rich for the simple reason that they were born into a rich family, while most poor people will remain poor throughout their lives simply because they were born into a poor family.”


Imaginário: A Felicidade
“What good was the French Revolution? If people did not become any happier, then what was the point of all that chaos, fear, blood and war? Biologists would never have stormed the Bastille. People think that this political revolution or that social reform will make them happy, but their biochemistry tricks them time and again.” 
“There is only one historical development that has real significance. Today, when we finally realise that the keys to happiness are in the hands of our biochemical system, we can stop wasting our time on politics and social reforms, putsches and ideologies, and focus instead on the only thing that can make us truly happy: manipulating our biochemistry. If we invest billions in understanding our brain chemistry and developing appropriate treatments, we can make people far happier than ever before, without any need of revolutions. Prozac, for example, does not change regimes, but by raising serotonin levels it lifts people out of their depression. Nothing captures the biological argument better than the famous New Age slogan: ‘Happiness Begins Within.’ Money, social status, plastic surgery, beautiful houses, powerful positions – none of these will bring you happiness. Lasting happiness comes only from serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin.”

Sim, ele está a falar de uma espécie de Soma do “Admirável Mundo Novo”. Mas a seguir diz,

“the findings demonstrate that happiness is not the surplus of pleasant over unpleasant moments. Rather, happiness consists in seeing one’s life in its entirety as meaningful and worthwhile. There is an important cognitive and ethical component to happiness (..) “As Nietzsche put it, if you have a why to live, you can bear almost any how. (..) “Though people in all cultures and eras have felt the same type of pleasures and pains, the meaning they have ascribed to their experiences has probably varied widely (..) medieval people certainly had it rough. However, if they believed the promise of everlasting bliss in the afterlife, they may well have viewed their lives as far more meaningful and worthwhile than modern secular people, who in the long term can expect nothing but complete and meaningless oblivion” 
“So our medieval ancestors were happy because they found meaning to life in collective delusions about the afterlife? Yes. As long as nobody punctured their fantasies, why shouldn’t they? As far as we can tell, from a purely scientific viewpoint, human life has absolutely no meaning. Humans are the outcome of blind evolutionary processes that operate without goal or purpose. Our actions are not part of some divine cosmic plan, and if planet Earth were to blow up tomorrow morning, the universe would probably keep going about its business as usual. As far as we can tell at this point, human subjectivity would not be missed. Hence any meaning that people ascribe to their lives is just a delusion.” 
“If happiness is based on feeling pleasant sensations, then in order to be happier we need to re-engineer our biochemical system.”
“If happiness is based on feeling that life is meaningful, then in order to be happier we need to delude ourselves more effectively.” 
“Is there a third alternative?”


Terão de ler o livro para saber se existe essa terceira alternativa. Resumindo, o mais relevante é como Harari acaba a demonstrar com estes imaginários, o quão somos feitos de ilusões (e não parece estar sozinho a julgar pela última entrevista de Dennett) e o quão frágeis, efémeros e inconstantes somos por oposição a todo nosso escafandro biológico. No último capítulo Harari leva a especulação para o futuro e mostra-nos um possível novo mundo no qual a espécie sapiens desaparece para dar lugar a uma espécie de neo-sapiens. Seremos outros, alterados externamente com próteses computacionais, assim como transformados biologicamente a nível celular e de DNA. É verdade que Harari parece apresentar um discurso algo pessimista, mais ainda quando comparado ao otimismo quase exacerbado de David Deutsch. Mas não deixa de ser um discurso realista, lógico e pela sua enorme eloquência imensamente atrativo.

A propósito da data de publicação. O livro foi publicado pela primeira vez em hebreu em 2011, apesar de Harari dominar o inglês, uma vez que se doutorou em Oxford, o que demonstra que se podem publicar grandes obras noutras línguas que não o inglês. É claro que a obra só se tornaria mundialmente famosa quando foi traduzida para inglês em 2014. Mas não tenhamos ilusões, não foi o inglês a razão do seu sucesso, mas o facto de pessoas famosas e poderosas como Obama, Bill Gates ou Zuckerberg o terem recomendado. Entretanto está já também traduzida para português pela Vogais, desde 2015.

Por último, e interessante mais para académicos, é o modo como surgiu o livro, depois de Harari ter sido obrigado a dar uma cadeira que não era a sua especialidade, História Mundial, sendo ele especialista em História Militar Medieval. Interessante porque mostra como os riscos da mudança implicam a criação de novo. Como também, se estivermos abertos a novas experiências poderemos encontrar novas razões, novos mitos para nos manter a sonhar a vida.

Publicado, com várias ligações, no VI: https://virtual-illusion.blogspot.pt/...

Yasser Yahia

A very interesting book and a must read. Even though it is provocative in some parts and would challenge your ideologies in others and despite the fact that you would feel that the author has no scientific proof and is speculating about some concepts and theories, you'd still admire the philosophical point of view and would value giving it some thoughts!

Hatem Abdelmowgoud 

Good book for a brief recap of the history of humanity. Some parts were oversimplified and the author opinions towards the end of the book are logical but not backed by hard evidence. Just some speculations and insights.

Overall, the book is great and very interesting.

Ali Saleh

A well written book, the language is easy to follow, and is well balanced between academic and fiction writing. 

The book touches on many ideas, concepts, and historical events and it's good to keep checking on the internet for those evens. I read about a lot of things for the first time in the book.

One major point to take care of while reading is the author's interpretation of the different ideas introduced. There's no way a single book can explain those ideas with sufficient accuracy, and there is no way a single person can know about all of those ideas. This leads to a massive amount of approximations, which of course sometimes are not good enough to cover the depth of the ideas, and sometimes it's plainly wrong. I have above average knowledge of 3-4 topics mentioned in the book. I found a lot of inaccurate interpretation when it comes to those topics. It can be argued that while those interpretation are not accurate they still don't invalidate the broader point view of the author, but still I only noticed those in the small subset of ideas and concepts that I studied. If we look accurately to the range of ideas and concepts introduced it could be that more of those interpretation will arise.

Finally the book is entertaining and even if we falsely assume that it's totally messed up, I would still recommend reading it so people can see that sometimes even messing up can be done in a professional way. Of course I don't belive that the book is totally messed up and it's worth the time and effort.

Michael Azmy

One of the best books I've ever read. Although the book talks about science, philosophy, and history, it is very easy to grasp and understand. It is very well written and organized.

Alfredo santos

Amazing read. Aunque muy “biased” hacia sus propias conclusiones, te cuestiona ciertas “verdades” con las que hoy vivimos, como: somos mas felices que hace 50,000 años? Otra perspectiva interesante es la manera en que tratamos a nuestros compañeros vivos, los animales. Su sufrimiento que pasa desapercibido por nosotros, etc.

No suelo leer muchos nyt bestsellers pero estoy contento de haber leído este libro y tener nuevas hipótesis, cuestionarme realmente, ¿que diablos estamos haciendo?

The hype is real!

Anna

Очень интересно написано (и перевод гладкий, и начитка прекрасная, так что тут кудосы всем, кто потрудился над изданием).
Автор исходит из идеи, что превосходство Homo Sapiens над другими существами на планете обеспечили три революции: когнитивная, аграрная и научная, и последовательно рассказывает о развитии человечества и переменах в людях по мере хода истории. Мне больше всего понравилась первая часть, про когнитивную революцию. Я как-то привыкла обычно про тот период слушать с биологической позиции, нежели с антропологической.
Не сказала бы, что с фактологической стороны в книге я нашла для себя много нового, но она помогла посмотреть на эти известные факты под новым углом.
Последняя глава, футурологическая, мимо меня, так что Homo Deus этого же автора читать вряд ли соберусь.

Carlos Lisboa 

Great book. Take your time to read it. It's really packed with thought provoking paragraphs, specially the last chapters.

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