This is a big book, and be sure that you can't just run through the pages. The book is a running commentary which starts from human evolution and ends up with the latest developments in science and society.
Yuval is an Israeli professor of history and he mentioned that Guns, Gems, and Steel is the main inspiration behind this book.
Guns, Germs, and Steel is on my list since last 3 years but didn't really started it. I had a thought of reading it but I was not very sure if history is something which I'm ready to go into.
Anyways I finished Sapiens and it took some 11 hours over the last two weeks.
This book left a lasting impression on me as it unfolded how the things developed along the human evolution. There are a lot of instances which are more like an educated guess and not a proven fact but given the citing you may end up agreeing with a lot of them.
The human evolution resulted in the extinction of lot of other species. I couldn't have agreed more because there was a recent study which showed that during the British Raj 75% of lions were killed in the name of entertainment during their hunting expeditions. We may cry for dwindling number of lions but deep down we know that we're responsible for this destruction. The natural habitat of so many animals and birds have been destroyed in the name of development.
Along with the evolution the book touched various subjects around religion, social norms, biology, anthropology, and economics.
I specially liked the story of evolution of credit, money and religion which is spun around myths, and a common belief in those myths.
I wish that we all could have seen beyond the myths which are around us. These myths in which we don't believe but still follow.
Just wanted to quote "Consumerism tell us that in order to be happy we must consume as many products and services as possible. If you feel that something is missing in life, go shopping".
This book is a must read if you want to know how things evolved and we as a human have done so many wrong things in name of development and so called "civilization".
Yuval is an Israeli professor of history and he mentioned that Guns, Gems, and Steel is the main inspiration behind this book.
Guns, Germs, and Steel is on my list since last 3 years but didn't really started it. I had a thought of reading it but I was not very sure if history is something which I'm ready to go into.
Anyways I finished Sapiens and it took some 11 hours over the last two weeks.
This book left a lasting impression on me as it unfolded how the things developed along the human evolution. There are a lot of instances which are more like an educated guess and not a proven fact but given the citing you may end up agreeing with a lot of them.
The human evolution resulted in the extinction of lot of other species. I couldn't have agreed more because there was a recent study which showed that during the British Raj 75% of lions were killed in the name of entertainment during their hunting expeditions. We may cry for dwindling number of lions but deep down we know that we're responsible for this destruction. The natural habitat of so many animals and birds have been destroyed in the name of development.
Along with the evolution the book touched various subjects around religion, social norms, biology, anthropology, and economics.
I specially liked the story of evolution of credit, money and religion which is spun around myths, and a common belief in those myths.
I wish that we all could have seen beyond the myths which are around us. These myths in which we don't believe but still follow.
Just wanted to quote "Consumerism tell us that in order to be happy we must consume as many products and services as possible. If you feel that something is missing in life, go shopping".
This book is a must read if you want to know how things evolved and we as a human have done so many wrong things in name of development and so called "civilization".
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