21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the world’s most innovative thinkers explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.

“Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.”—The New York Times Book Review

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war or ecological catastrophe? What do we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? How should we prepare our children for the future?

21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today’s most urgent issues as we move into 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 untangles political, technological, social, and existential issues and offers 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? 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.

story of human kind

this is an essential read as:
1. it shows the most logical explanation of current state of the humanity
2. it tries to explain how we got here
3. it offers a basis for real discussions to happen without too much confusion for to closed mindsets
4. it dispels most important biases that humanity faces without even realizing it.
5. it concludes with a path to understanding the world within by introspection.

a must read for every sapien

Contradictory lay buddhist philosophical approach

Dr. Harari is a creative, extremely intelligent historian and philosopher of history. However, his thoughts are somehow contradictory (biological algorithms explains human behaviour, there is no "I", mind is a flow, but his last chapter is about meditation as experiencing this flow to know "who" we are). If we can experience the flow, it is because we are not just part of it. If we watch a river flow, it is because we are not moving with it. We need to be "outside" the movement to experience it as movement.

interesting

Thought provoking, but less a set of lessons than a freeform engagement of big ideas, targeted and skeptical and honest self examination.

good

it had a lot of thoughtful view points on the state of our society, good historical content, over all a good listen.

another great book b Yuval Noah Harary

another great book b Yuval Noah Harary
thank you for your great insights and clear writing I enjoyed it a lot