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Could you elaborate on Sapiens' anti-human bent? I was going to get around to starting it soon.



It's hard to neatly elucidate, but what I find really strange for this ostensibly highfalutin mass-market enlightening text about the essence of humanity, is that it's been written by someone who absolutely hates the human race, and that comes across quite clearly if you read between the lines. Avoid it. There's better books and you already likely know much of the content.


I liked sapiens well enough. The middle is a bit of a slog, and I think he makes a few leaps in logic, but some cool ideas in there.




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