![]() ![]() With this working model in mind, Harari sought to understand the history of humankind’s domination of the earth and its development of complex modern societies. But if you write a history of the whole world you can’t do this. ![]() I was taught that if you’re going to study something, you must understand it deeply and be familiar with primary sources. ![]() But in order to do so, you have to give up the most cherished tools of historians. Harari says: “It made me realise that you can ask the biggest questions about history and try to give them scientific answers. (Harari) credits author Jared Diamond with encouraging him to take a much broader view-his Guns, Germs and Steel was an enormous influence. And of course, Harari, a history professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has noted that key influence and what it means to how he works: Near and dear to our heart, Sapiens is pure synthesis.Īn immediate influence that comes to mind is Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, The Third Chimpanzee, and other broad-yet-scientific works with vast synthesis and explanatory power. It’s new and fresh but not based on any brand new primary research. It’s written for a popular audience but never feels dumbed down. Yuval Noah Harari‘s Sapiens is one of those uniquely breathtaking books that comes along very rarely. ![]()
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