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Sapiens. Someone gave it to me as a gift. I opened it at random and the first thing I read was the old chestnut about agriculture being a bad deal, because hunt
by montrose 9y ago
Sapiens. Someone gave it to me as a gift. I opened it at random and the first thing I read was the old chestnut about agriculture being a bad deal, because hunter-gatherers have an easy life.
- jxub 9y agoYou have to keep an open mind and read on, as the argument is more nuanced than that.
- babygoat 9y agoThat doesn’t count has having read it. That book was incredible, by the way.
- montrose 9y agoIt certainly was.
- sidmitra 9y agoI'd recommend you give it another try. I'm actually 3/4th through Homo Deus, while an acquaintance finished Sapiens and we talked about it. It seems there's some overlap between them. But i found a bunch of new ideas, some recycled ones. It's unlikely you'll find anything groundbreaking in there, but you might find a good logical explanation of things in a consistent and well articulated manner and touch on some things you kinda knew but never really though about. Ofcourse there's a target audience of liberal, atheists. Since i think his simple dismissing of God, the orthodox religious people might find objectionable.