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I recently read Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari and it nearly broke my mind. It was on Obama and Bill Gates' reading lists that year and it is phenomenal. It's like

I recently read Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari and it nearly broke my mind. It was on Obama and Bill Gates' reading lists that year and it is phenomenal. It's like one of those books that took some ideas I had been kicking around for years and blew the whole thing wide open. If you want to get a taste, go look up 'The Legend of Peugot' from the book. There was also a sale on the ebook for $3 on Amazon this weekend -- not sure if it's still going.

dominotw 8y ago
> it nearly broke my mind. Can you perhaps mention some examples?
- TheAlchemist 8y ago
  There are a lot of fantastic ideas (whether one agree or not with the author) in this book. 2 that come to my mind: - we tend to think that our species was a result of evolution - a concept that's somehow nice and smooth. In reality, the author argues, at each step of the evolution, the 'better' species simply exterminated the previous one. Think about that ! We (or our ancestor) just exterminated those poor Neanderthals that we so fondly think of now - when he describes a corporation and applicable law (I think it's about Peugeot) comparing the lawyers to shamans. It really makes you realizes how most things and laws of what govern our world are just pure invention and it's very similar to religion actually
  - hannasanarion 8y ago
    So, it's Nacirema: The Book?
  - dominotw 8y ago
    Great examples. Thanks.