In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.
How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children?
Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.
In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis?
Harari's unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading.
##老實說讀到後來覺得有點無聊。。。部分議題有點意思,特彆喜歡他說religion=fake news。可能我對這種絮叨的科普式寫法不太感冒😂
##有笑話說:隻有兩種人敢對這世上所有事情誇誇其談,一種是經濟學傢,另一種是白癡,但總分不清前後者。我覺得可以加第三種:曆史學傢瞭。Yuval深諳暢銷之道:provocative加一點點witty。但我覺得把這些熱搜話題放到曆史大視角去再看也挺好的。quick read
##2019年Mark的第一本書。講曆史,政治,宗教,意識形態,AI。但是我比較感興趣的還是education那一章,覺得很related。算瞭,以後還是不要看bill gates這種大神推薦的書瞭。沒達到那個境界呢,還是看跟自己更相關的書比較有用。
##比前兩部作品隨意瞭不少,大概因為話題很散沒有什麼結構可言。目測大型吐槽現場...
##1.這名字太坑爹瞭,讓人想起火車站小書攤一排又一排的成功學。。。2.找迴瞭看人類簡史的感覺,就是“空空的。。”(空空的就是我給人類簡史的短評),就是又把一切打瞭個稀巴爛。3.有些對未來教育的段落有啓發意義,小本本已抄下。4.這本書我看的很慢,somehow就把每一個意義and/or讀音不是很有把握的詞全都查瞭kindle字典,我覺得很多很實用的non fiction vocabulary. 5.到最後,哎喲喂,全書就是內觀的軟文呢哈哈哈。。。。總體還是享受瞭讀這本書的經驗。
##有笑話說:隻有兩種人敢對這世上所有事情誇誇其談,一種是經濟學傢,另一種是白癡,但總分不清前後者。我覺得可以加第三種:曆史學傢瞭。Yuval深諳暢銷之道:provocative加一點點witty。但我覺得把這些熱搜話題放到曆史大視角去再看也挺好的。quick read
##老實說讀到後來覺得有點無聊。。。部分議題有點意思,特彆喜歡他說religion=fake news。可能我對這種絮叨的科普式寫法不太感冒😂
##老實說讀到後來覺得有點無聊。。。部分議題有點意思,特彆喜歡他說religion=fake news。可能我對這種絮叨的科普式寫法不太感冒😂
整本書感覺還是太空洞. 很多小essays串起來的, 質量參差不齊, 有的章讀起來還算有趣 (例子好). 講瞭半天最後收斂到瞭meditation這種玄乎的東西上麵瞭, 也沒拿齣個辦法. 叫做*lessons*太過瞭. 也許適閤科普給中小學生看看...