Key Insights From:
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
By Yuval Noah Harari
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11 Minute Read
Published: Sep 4, 2018
Key Insights From:
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
By Yuval Noah Harari
Audio Available |
11 Minute Read
Published: Sep 4, 2018
What You'll Learn:
The new century has been a dizzying spectacle so far, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Harari assesses humanity’s current predicament, discussing everything from AI and social media to evolving religions and updated forms of justice and government. This book raises questions and makes suggestions about how humanity might continue to find its way forward.
Key Insights:
- People are experiencing intense disorientation between a lackluster liberal democracy and disruptive technologies.
- It’s not Big Brother but Big Data that you should be wondering about.
- Because human beings have bodies, social media is not a substitute for genuine community.
- Belief systems whose members are forthright about past moral failings will have the greatest influence in the twenty-first century.
- Justice has become an increasingly complicated matter in the twenty-first century.
- The question we need to ask is not about what life means but how we can reduce suffering in the world.
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