Homo Deus A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari

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Reading Reflection written September 2020

If Sapiens is that feeling after a glorious Christmas feast, Homo Deus is that feeling after a Sunday roast.

This book addresses the marriage of biology and technology and what this potentially looks like for us in the near and distant future. Homo Deus transcends typical book genres, in essence It’s not a book about history, it's also not fiction but rather a fantasy-with-historical-foresight, where Yuval's impressive knowledge transcends to creative predictions for the future. I’m drawn to how Yuval’s mind works, how he comes to questions, and his matter of fact persona. I would purchase a book by Noah without knowing any background on the text. I think I’m in love with his mind and I'm yet to see him speak or read his works and it not resonate with me.

Read this book when you want to divulge into the realm of the intangible. Read again and again when you want to fantasise about where we could be headed.

Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

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Reading Reflection written August 2020

Sapiens is the equivalent of that moment when you couldn't possibly eat another bite of a glorious Christmas banquet. Every time I indulge in Sapiens I feel so full bordering on gluttonous.

Whoever is interested in this book, I’m interested in them. I've never owned so many copies of the same book as I do Sapiens: pdf/ tangible, audible and illustrated version. Could I be addicted to Sapiens in an unhealthy way? If extraterrestrials had access to only one written resource from Earth, this would be more valuable than any ‘religious’ text. There's nothing more I want from a book. Sapiens makes me feel as if I'm onto humanity's secret recipe, what makes us, us.

Read this book when you must satisfy your cravings for what was. Read again and again when you want to binge history.