![]() Part I is called “The Technological Challenge,” which is a logical and inevitable choice for investigation, given technology’s importance and the awe it commands in so many aspects of our lives. ![]() ![]() At any rate, Harari’s scrutiny of the most momentous phenomena shaping our world and its future comprises twenty-one chapters (some coincidence!). I’m not sure “ Lessons” in the book’s title is appropriate analyses might be more accurate (more on this later). That I found the book both provocative and sometimes exasperating would, I think, please and even amuse him. What is happening right now? What are today’s greatest challenges and most important choices? What should we pay attention to? What should we teach our kids?” Harari has the credentials to tackle his wildly ambitious task: he is formidably erudite, insightful, and sophisticated. “My focus is on current affairs and on the immediate future of human societies. “ want to zoom in on the here and now,” the author says in his new book. ![]() Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari is the author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow and now, to complete the triptych as it were, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. ![]()
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