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If you are into biased, opinionated history, then Harari is the way to go.
by johnnycerberus 6y ago
If you are into biased, opinionated history, then Harari is the way to go.
- ddalex 6y agoyou can't make a good omlette without breaking a few eggs... Harari's books are decent entertrainment and popular science, nobody pretends them to be Nature-worthy articles
- johnnycerberus 6y agoOk, I won't start a rant here on Hacker News, the night's too good for rants, I will only say this, one chapter into Harari’s 2015 "smash hit" Homo Deus and you will be grateful that you've just learned pandemics are a thing of the past. five years later
- Moodles 6y agoI understand and agree that the author adds his own $0.02 here and there. But you don't have to agree with every word in the book to think it provides value. I think the book functions as an easy read high level overview of human history, particularly the early chapters. Who do you recommend instead?
- johnnycerberus 6y agoDominion by Tom Holland, actually everything by this author The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
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