I have this fantasy about creating a Kung Fu Science Fiction High School. The kids would get rigorous physical training 3 hours of the day from msater monk-ninjas, and their curriculum would be focused on saving the world from humanity. Yuvol Noah Harari’s work would be at the center of their studies.
Yuvol should be required reading or listening for those who want to understand the human condition and the complex evolving forces that form this condition. Sapiens covers the history of Homosapiens and just about every factor that has and still does affect each of us personally and everyone of us together as an entire species. It’s not a pretty picture but his sense of humor helps keep things in perspective. By far one of the best books I have ever read covering biology, psychology, sociology, technology, politics, economy, and religion. At the end of the book you find yourself front row and center for the big Now What? Well 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuvol walks you through the cognitive dissonance of the present and tries to provide a way through the maddening chaos of tomorrow. He asserts there are 3 great dangers we must come to terms with: nuclear war, climate change, and technological disruption. Terrorism, AI, Transhumans…oh my, the Apocalypse is already here, it’s just not equally distributed.