Are we becoming any better than our ancestor foragers? One of the most persistent theme of the book. Author present some of the outlandish views like Are we becoming any better than our ancestor foragers? One of the most persistent theme of the book. Author present some of the outlandish views like “handful of plant species, including wheat, rice and potatoes. These plants domesticated Homo sapiens, rather than vice versa.” But presents concurrent and compelling arguments which convince you to at least give serious thoughts.
What distinguishes his writing from other authors is his perspective and originality. It’s not a mundane & disengaging history of humans pivoted around ‘event’ in some chronological order rather its a story about how we have evolved, how we think & view the world and elements creating our society. Its a story from the time Homo sapiens were the foragers till the point Humans would be using bioengineering and cyborgs to transform themselves into self-made Gods.
Yuval has covered myriad of subjects like money & economics, religion, political order, imagines reality like nation, corporations, scientific discoveries, , industrial revolution, imperialism, happiness, meaning of life to list few in most concise, and meaningful manner. In the end author beautifully sketches out the idea of happiness & meaning with what we can learn from ‘history’
I didn't find much value in going through Cheryl's life Journey. Many events in the book are exaggerated with a conspicuous disconnect not adding anytI didn't find much value in going through Cheryl's life Journey. Many events in the book are exaggerated with a conspicuous disconnect not adding anything substantial to the overall narrative. ...more
'The way I think is in my control' the belief I embellished throughout my life is shattered after reading this book. The author Understand your mind
'The way I think is in my control' the belief I embellished throughout my life is shattered after reading this book. The author with real life examples beautifully explains how and when we think 'fast' and 'slow'.
Though somewhere personally i found some ideas to be stretched out and sometimes it becomes less intriguing but the book has enough thrust to keep you going :)
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