Sapiens A brief Story of Human Kind

A Brief History of Humankind

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Publikuota 2011 m. liepos 30 d., Harper.

ISBN:
978-0-06-231609-7
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OCLC numeris:
896791508

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Harper Perennial

A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers.

Copyright (c) by Yuval Noah Harari.

Printed in Canada.

First Harper Perennial edition published 2018.

ISBN 978-0-06-231611-0 (pbk.)

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Sapiens

4 žvaigždutės

Lots to think about... I loved some of it, and many of the ideas presented made me question my outlook of the world! He also, however, threw a few curved balls, and let myth sit as fact in places. One of my favourite stories from the book, the one about Buzz Aldrin and the Native American, looks to be a myth for example. Other sections just didn't come to much (the chapter on gender for example, although it was written 2011 and these debates develop quickly). It is interesting to see how the book has aged... sometimes well, sometimes not so much. Overall worth the read, and helpful for reflecting on these things.

Review of 'Sapiens' on 'Goodreads'

2 žvaigždutės

This books tries to talk about everything but ends up talking about nothing.

It takes the sweetest bits, the sensational bits, from the most popular disciplines, smash them together to make a very provocative and fascinating book. Going through chapter after chapter felt like brainlessly scrolling through TikTok style videos, the obnoxious particular kind that start with the phrase "Did you knogw that...".

I think that Harari wanted to be impersonal while expounding his favourite scientific facts, nonetheless I found him to be tendentious and biased, even if only in a small number of occasions, particularly when adding to the fact.

Sapiens

3 žvaigždutės

Sapiens (2011, Harper) 4 stars

(Audiobook) I already knew a lot of the content but I enjoy having it from a new perspective with a variety of new anecdotes. At some points I distinctly felt like the author's biases were coming through--in fact at some points I really questioned his ideas--but otherwise an enjoyable and informative book.

Review of 'Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind' on 'Goodreads'

4 žvaigždutės

A great book that gives an interesting perspective of human history and shows that progress does not necessarily translate into more happiness. The second part of the book ran out of steam and while the ideas were agreeable, the chapters seemed much weaker and less coherent to the whole story.