(November 20, 2016 at 6:01 pm)Whateverist Wrote:(November 20, 2016 at 5:38 pm)UnLocal Wrote: Sapiens: A brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
A ton of insights about evolution of humanity, really puts things in perspective.
I wonder what you think of this review of that book?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/s...ari-review
I would like to read such a book but I wonder if there is one with fewer axes to grind.
Yeah its a long grind, but worth it though.
When it comes to review - its overall quite accurate, the book is not purely scientific and a lot of Harari`s rhetoric is quite aggressive and provocative, its just the way you have to go in order to appeal to the audience and get the book out. Also some of his views are a bit short sighted, but overall its still a very good read, there is still a lot of insights, especially the first part of the book where the start of our genus homo is explained, even before us sapiens, and how we slowly colonized the planet , so you can maybe check out only that part
