For those unfamiliar with a lot of the global issues beginning to arise, this book should shed a lot of light on those issues. Harari doesn’t spend much time offering solutions to the issues he raises, instead, he just tries to bring them into awareness.įor a fan of Harari, this book is a fine complement to his other two works and should be read with the same urgency. The proposed 21 lessons better resemble issues than lessons. The use of the word lesson here is used with some liberty. The book brings the readers back to the present. Which means spending a little bit more time thinking and working toward the truth rather than operating on long-built patterns that aren’t effective anymore. According to Harari, meditation is the first step to solve a lot of these issues. The next steps don’t need to be complex in order to combat the complexity. Harari, unfortunately, doesn’t offer many answers and then when he does offer one, seems to be over-simplistic. The pillars of our society: education, religion, community, work, and liberty are all being tested. Our current systems cannot begin to handle global issues like nuclear war, ecological collapse, and the rise of technology. We have entered into a post-truth world, where ignorance is easier than truth. Our technological, political, economical, and cultural systems are failing. The world is becoming increasingly complex. But Yuval Harari seems to have known this, as he said, “Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.” 'An exhilarating book that takes the reader deep into questions of identity, consciousness and intelligence.This book raised far more questions than answers. Radiates power and clarity, making the world strange and new.' - Sunday Times on Sapiens

thanks to him, the world makes better sense to many more of us.' - Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller The clarity of Harari's vision is astonishing. 'I'm predicting that 21 Lessons for the 21st Century will complete a Harari hat-trick of classics. '.A bracing look at the challenges facing humanity.' - The Sunday Times 'Harari's body of work has set him up as a hugely popular historian of mankind.' - The Daily Telegraph Harari has done it again - 21 Lessons is, simply put, a crucial book.' - Adam Kay Reading this book, I must have interrupted my partner a hundred times to pass on fascinating things I'd just read. 'There is surely no one alive who is better at explaining our world than Yuval Noah Harari - he is the lecturer we all wish we'd had at university. a splendid, sobering, stirring call to arms.' - The Sunday Times lessons suggest new ways of thinking about current problems. Harari's big selling point the ambition and breadth of his work, smashing together unexpected ideas into dazzling observations.' - The Guardian

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