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For students of world history, Sapiens is a must read!Ī bit about the author, Yuval Noah Harari:

The book covers the relationship we have with science, religion, ecology, money, politics, our happiness, and our future. I highly recommend Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari to those interested in a deeper examination of who we are as human beings. Sapiens was received well by the general public but some scholars have criticized Harari’s assertions and conclusions. I hate to state the obvious, but this reading provokes deep thought and emotions, and book clubs should definitely add this book to their reading list. His book shows that humans pride themselves on their high intelligence, however most of us are not happier for it. Harari argues that humans have not evolved and concludes that robots (or AI) will eventually eliminate most jobs, and that the rich will eventually be able to re-engineer bodies and minds. The culmination of Harari’s, Sapiens, is the conclusion regarding the upcoming artificial intelligence age. His book bridges the gaps between biology, economics, history, and philosophy. Yuval also mentions how modern animal agriculture is one of the worst atrocities humans commit. What fascinated me the most about Sapiens was the author’s viewpoint on the processes throughout history that shaped and influenced human thought: the cognitive revolution, the agricultural revolution, the creation of money, philosophical inquiry, the birth of science and the scientific revolution, capitalism and the industrial revolution, the creation of boundaries and states, the information age, genetic engineering, and more recently, artificial intelligence. He brilliantly weaves the history of humans as far back as the Stone Age to modern-day with the goal of discovering who we are and why we do what we do. Harari demonstrates how humans are the only species willing and able to believe what only exists in the imagination such as money, human rights, religion, and states. Truly fascinating and unique, Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, is a detailed, engaging summary of the history of human beings.