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I enjoyed reading it, the book seemed to loss track in places, specially in the last few chapters. There are several interesting ideas here but you need to be watchful because the pattern of the book is to present a theory and provide supporting evidence instead of present evidence and build a theory. As the author says in one place, a good historian can find precedence for everything.
The realization that Humans were just another animal with little impact on their environment for such a long tim ...more
The realization that Humans were just another animal with little impact on their environment for such a long tim ...more
I know that a lot of readers love this book and the author. But here I am going to talk about my experience.
I found this book to be very boring, the writing style is down right uninteresting. There has been no effort whatsoever put to make the content interesting. A proper fact check also has been missing, there have been a few facts mentioned which are just incorrect.
Sure, this is a good book if one wants a high level view of the evolution in the last few millions of years but then that is exa ...more
I found this book to be very boring, the writing style is down right uninteresting. There has been no effort whatsoever put to make the content interesting. A proper fact check also has been missing, there have been a few facts mentioned which are just incorrect.
Sure, this is a good book if one wants a high level view of the evolution in the last few millions of years but then that is exa ...more
Jul 25, 2018
Adarsh Rao
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Mostly brilliant.
Enjoyed reading a significant portion of the book. The parts about the agricultural revolution were great. "We didn't domesticate wheat. It domesticated us." The parts on money and Capitalism were pretty insightful too. I remember reading about The Opium War in school but the way it was explained here will make it stick with me forever.
Did not like reading the parts on happiness. The final chapter, 'The End of Homo Sapiens', was hyped up for me and turned out to be rather under ...more
Enjoyed reading a significant portion of the book. The parts about the agricultural revolution were great. "We didn't domesticate wheat. It domesticated us." The parts on money and Capitalism were pretty insightful too. I remember reading about The Opium War in school but the way it was explained here will make it stick with me forever.
Did not like reading the parts on happiness. The final chapter, 'The End of Homo Sapiens', was hyped up for me and turned out to be rather under ...more
An impressive summary of human history. I liked the way the author has brought out the ideas which have largely shaped the Sapiens story and the stories and evidences he present along with the ideas. The book answers many Whys one can have about the things around, changes perspectives in many ways and hold mirror to the current reality. The question he raises about the growth and happiness are worth pondering. I'm thankful to the author for a such a well researched and yet concise book. Looking
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Intriguing read
Feb 19, 2019
Pratik
marked it as to-read
Dec 19, 2019
Radhika
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