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A review by lakmus
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
5.0
Remarkable. I don't use this word too often, but this book definitely deserves it. The author covered so much stuff, you could extend pretty much every chapter to become its own book, and those books would be great.
People here have already written plenty of summaries, so I'll skip that.
The language is really accessible and the author doesn't use bigger words than he needs to. Which I personally think is great, since all too often people hide pretty simple ideas behind a thick layer of needlessly complex syntax and vocabulary. This guy just gets to the point.
I kind of regret not buying the big heavy edition, which I am pretty sure had decent margins - because this book is the scribble-in-the-margins kind, and I ended up writing all over mine. It prompts a conversation really well, I wanted to argue and comment and go on tangent thought trains all the time, which I also take to be the signs of great non-fiction.
I'd be really surprised if in a few years this book wouldn't be in every possible 'must read' list. Really surprised.
People here have already written plenty of summaries, so I'll skip that.
The language is really accessible and the author doesn't use bigger words than he needs to. Which I personally think is great, since all too often people hide pretty simple ideas behind a thick layer of needlessly complex syntax and vocabulary. This guy just gets to the point.
I kind of regret not buying the big heavy edition, which I am pretty sure had decent margins - because this book is the scribble-in-the-margins kind, and I ended up writing all over mine. It prompts a conversation really well, I wanted to argue and comment and go on tangent thought trains all the time, which I also take to be the signs of great non-fiction.
I'd be really surprised if in a few years this book wouldn't be in every possible 'must read' list. Really surprised.