Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be ens...
Publish Date
2018
May 15
First Published in 2011
Goodreads rating
4.43
ISBN
9780062316110
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Recommendations
27
Recommendations
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a fun, engaging look at early human history. – source
Jun 26, 2018
https://youtu.be/b037fgPG9Ow?t=824Dec 25, 2018
Really enjoying “Sapiens” by yuval_noah_harari It really puts in perspective how bizarre human beings are. It’s an awesome overview of our species. – sourceMar 21, 2015
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/19/17130570/melinda-gates-book-recommendations-sxsw-ezra-klein-show-amazonMar 21, 2015
"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari is the best book I've read since "The Rational Optimist" (@mattwridley). Both orthogonal and deep thinkers. – sourceIt explains human behavior and why we are the way we are in human civilization from soup to nuts. And I’ve read it now a couple of times. It’s a pretty astonishing book. – source
Jan 27, 2018
People often ask me what to read. Better to LISTEN to a book like @harari_yuval book SAPIENS so you can navigate today’s lunacy. All members of the press should read this book twice. Get out of your echo chambers! – sourceDec 30, 2016
I'm sitting on Miami Beach in the sun reading this excellent book, drinking rosé, listening to cheesy 90s R&B.
2016 has a kiss in its tail – sourceMar 21, 2015
I resisted reading this popular history of mankind, because it came out when I had just finished “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and “Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches”, on the same subject. But wow - this book is at its best when the author is sharing his personal perspective about binding myths, humanism, and other ways that “truths” are not true. And you get an interesting history of the world along with it. Strange mix of history and philosophy. – sourceBasically one of the things we've created here is we've imagined ideas that we all share. – source
Oct 17, 2020
I am almost halfway through my second reading of this thought provoking book. Interesting how much l had not taken in the first time l read the book. – sourceMar 21, 2015
One of the most talked about books of the last couple of years, and for good reason. Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure, it seems even more relevant for us at the moment to learn from our socio-anthropological history. – sourceMar 21, 2015
Q: Are there any books you haven’t mentioned that you feel would make your reading list?
P.A.: I would also include the following books: The Emperor of All Maladies, Where Men Win Glory, The President’s Club, The Most Important Thing, Sapiens, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, 10 Percent Happier, The Rommel Papers, King of the World, The Corner and Good Calories, Bad Calories. – sourceSep 10, 2019
I couldn’t put Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari down. I found Harari’s writing to be engaging yet academic and authoritative—that’s not easy to do. It inspired me to see if my writing could have a similar impact. – sourceOct 18, 2020
@Trader_Calm Yeah, of the few books that you can feel yourself getting smarter as you read them :)
I would put Taleb's Incerto series also in these category of books. – source