This is an interesting read. I wouldn't be quite as emphatic as the article and headline here are, but personally I had a pretty negative reaction to Sapiens. I

This is an interesting read. I wouldn't be quite as emphatic as the article and headline here are, but personally I had a pretty negative reaction to Sapiens. I can't totally describe why – it was something like an impression that the neatness, cuteness, and elegance of many of the ideas and principles described in it were just a paper-thin veneer over a much more complex and messy and ambiguous reality. I don't think I realised until I saw this article that reading it gave me a the constant back-of-the-mind feeling that I was reading a story. Kind of like a string of assertions with little-to-no real meat on them. I felt like I was being told "this is what happened", rather than "here's what I think might have happened and why". I know it's just pop-science and all and absolutely has it's place – it's wildly popular and people obviously find meaning and value in it (and as someone who hasn't sold 23 million books I'm no expert). I was just surprised about the buzz when I read it, and how few people I've met who felt the same way.