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Non-Fiction · 2019 · PG

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari

The author of Sapiens examines the most urgent questions of our present moment

#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.”—Bill Gates, 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

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Violence

Barely any

Discussion of historical and contemporary violence in the nonfiction register

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Moderate intellectual intensity: Harari challenges assumptions about technology, democracy, and human nature that may be unsettling

What this book is about

Yuval Noah Harari examines 21 pressing questions about the present and near future — artificial intelligence, biotechnology, democracy, nationalism, terrorism, religion, and the nature of consciousness. Less panoramic than Sapiens, more immediate: a meditation on what it means to be human in an age of rapid technological disruption and geopolitical uncertainty. Accessible, provocative, and genuinely useful for thinking about the era we're living in.

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