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> “Sapiens” by Yuval Harari I was looking forward to this book but found it to be almost unreadable. I don't remember my specific issues, just that I was disc
by josefresco 3y ago
> “Sapiens” by Yuval Harari
I was looking forward to this book but found it to be almost unreadable. I don't remember my specific issues, just that I was discouraged after several attempts and gave it up which rarely happens with me.
I believe I had just read a few other novels about human evolution/ancient civs and found some of Yuval's assertions to conflict (IMHO) with what I read elsewhere, most likely The Dawn of Everything (not certain).
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- abfan1127 3y agowhat other books have you read? I'd be interested in that list.
- josefresco 3y agoI looked back, my issue was with another Yuval book: Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow Maybe I'll try Sapians it give Yuval another try. My recent list: The Half Known Life Born a Crime American Prometheus Operation Mincemeat Leonardo Da Vinci Powers and Thrones The Icepick Surgeon Destiny of the Republic The River of Doubt Red Famine Under the Banner of Heaven In Order to Live The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream Homo Deus The Confidence Men The Bomber Mafia Calypso Termination Shock Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor The Dawn of Everything The Secret Life of Groceries The Hidden Life of Trees
- P_I_Staker 3y agoI think Sapiens may be a product of it's time. It may still true today, but I think this became really popular during the Joe Rogan era prior to covid. This type of content was taking off then. Lots of shrewd observations that seem to point in a convenient direction. Then you realize that most of these things were never really meaningful, if they were even true to begin with. Just a collection of interesting annectdotes at best. Bunch of interesting factoids that are patched together, with no real meaning.