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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
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The audiobook edition of 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, read by Derek Perkins.
The No.1 best seller.
In 21 bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children?
Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of constant and disorienting change.
Are we still capable of understanding the world we have created?
Critic reviews
"Fascinating...compelling.... [Harari] has teed up a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the 21st century." (Bill Gates, New York Times)
"Truly mind-expanding.... Ultra-topical." (Guardian)
"21 Lessons is, simply put, a crucial book." (Adam Kay)
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- Paul Murphy
- 07-09-18
Grow your mind
Yet another master class, after reading all three of his books “Sapiens”,” Homo Deus” and “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” I am left wondering how one man could possibly cover so much. To understand where we are, where we came from, and where we could possibly be heading, A true trilogy for the mind. Seekers you need look no further for enlightenment. For an inquiring mind, you have a feast on your hands here. I have yet to be educated in a more entertaining way. So many ideas to contemplate, you will never look at things in quite the same way. In a word enriching.
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- LK
- 17-09-18
10/10
‘Sapiens’ will stand out in history as a clearly mapped out record of the evolution of human beings from apes to modern day.
Fuelled by passion and intellect,
organised and delivered for any curious human of under average intelligence to genius to absorb and understand.
‘Homo Deus’ is my favourite non fiction book in years, an all time favourite. I have uncountable positive comments I could make about the wisdom it shows and issues it raises. My only critique, was that I sensed a slightly biased hidden agenda from Harari, portrayed as an informative ‘on the fence’ summary of life in the modern age and what may follow.
This considered ‘21 Lessons’ is the perfect follow up, he clearly and honestly opens up to the audience, expressing his personal views amongst the pleather of facts.
I am very fond of the conclusion, where he voices the importance and value of practicing a daily non biased observation of the self without judgement or agenda.
It is amazing to me that clearly right now, human beings main problem is our relationship with our own feelings, a subject rarely considered or discussed.
I love how this man thinks and teaches by example.
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- Lukasz
- 06-09-18
Great book, good as the previous ones.
Recommend to everyone who seeks more true in their lifes. Recommend previous books as well.
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- Gary Shavit
- 01-09-18
This book will make you smarter.
Each 'lesson' makes you think. His purpose isn't to convince you or to enlighten you to his point of view. But to make you consider your point of view and to weigh it's validity.
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- Tiago Lazaro
- 11-09-18
Blown away!
Based on Yuval’s 2 previous books I pre-ordered this audiobook and couldn’t wait to start listening. As I expected it blew me away with the its clarity and Yuval’s outstanding ability to explain in simple language, what in his assessment are the important lessons of history. A must listen.
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- Doug
- 15-09-18
Hard and Necessary
Like homo deus, really tough to hear the well reasoned thoughts about the coming and present world. Not one to pick up when feeling fragile with the world but if you can handle the truth then you are entirely more likely to read it here than in a POTUS tweet ;-)
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- shania
- 23-10-18
Disappointed
I really enjoyed sapiens and found a lot of useful and interesting ideas contained therein (though, towards the end of the book, I disagreed with quite a lot of Mr Harari's analysis of contemporary society). I heard the author interviewed on a podcast and thought he was interesting and intelligent. I saved this audiobook 'til I could give it due consideration. I found the writer's ideas vague and his reasoning unconvincing. He made massive assumptions and generalisations and produced a narrative that felt incompatible with my understanding of history. This was followed by what felt like an inane and poorly researched portrayal of emerging technologies that then turned into the most ridiculous and pointless waffle; i would have laughed had i not paid money for it. It felt like the worst sort of propaganda. Maybe if I had continued to listen I'd have found the golden nugget, but I decided i was just wasting my time. Maybe it's just me; other people seem to like it...
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- Jason Flaherty
- 09-09-18
21 lessons
Another insightful audio book from Yuval. Fantastic narration. A concise and easy tone.
As with all his other audiobooks I will be listening again within a few months.
Highly recommended.
Keep up the fantastic work. Bravo
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- Alexandru Marius Busuioc
- 04-02-19
Speculation and nonsense
A historian should stick to what he knows, as opposed to launching into endless misinformed speculation about subjects ('infotech' and 'biotech', repeated ad nauseam...) that he doesn't really understand.
The book is just a bunch of speculation around today's buzzwords, playing on people's fears and ignorance to sell the book and make money. Ridiculous, really.
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- Maija Kovari
- 14-09-18
An clear look at the big questions of our time
Clearly structured, well written look at many important topics that define our global era. A part of me wishes there was a big solution at the end, but I guess that's the whole point - the solutions are yet to reveal themselves, and to see our challenges clearly and soberly is a the necessary first step.
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