Sapiens a brief of human kind

1. Book review on : Sapiens a
brief history of human kind.
NAME:- UJJAVAL PATEL
ROLL NO:- 17BCL072

2.  Here are the 3 most interesting lessons this book teaches about our species:
 The ability to think gave early humans language, which eventually led to agricultural advances allowing them to grow
exponentially. Homo sapiens had some distinct advantages that let them get ahead of other human species on earth. Most
importantly are the differences in human’s brains. These began with the Cognitive Revolution around 70,000 years ago.
This was a time when mental development rose relatively suddenly, setting our ancient ancestors apart.
 Improvements in trade were only possible with the invention of money and writing. With agriculture, humans became more
efficient with their time and energy. This let some people begin doing other work like weaving or blacksmithing. These
individuals would then trade or barter with farmers, exchanging their goods for food. While this new system was better, it
quickly became inefficient.
 With better Economic and Communication means, Scientific Progress gave our race the abilities necessary to get to where
we are today. Now that they had efficient food, trading, and writing methods, our ancestors could begin thinking more. This
led to a scientific revolution with many people considering ways to improve their way of life.
 Sapiens: A brief history of human kind aims to provide a readable and concise historical summary of the progress of human
evolution. It explains complex issues in a way which can actually be understood and comprehended by most people. The
author also spends many pages on our present and possible future rather than our past. The book begins strong enough
with a very interesting presentation of early human history and development of early human species.

3. Sapiens presents a work on the evolution of humanity. In it, the author Yuval Noah
Harari rewrites the history of the human being through time. Turning to striking facts
such as the development of communication :- The cognitive revolution, The agricultural
revolution, The scientific revolution. The book addresses the central points of our
Evolution and Explores the Positive and Negative points of these developments. Also,
Sapiens also addresses the future of humanity, where these revolutions will lead man
and what we will become.

4.  Gossip of humans leads to shared tales about common experiences, ancestors, and
problems. These tales evolve into myths which are widely shared and identify large
groups as ‘us’. "There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human
rights, no laws and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings.“
As modern existential and linguistic philosophers have thought for some time,
these ideas - scientific, religious, technological, social, and legal are fundamental
fictions that become progressively indistinguishable from the ‘natural’ world which
is apart from the imagined world of language.

5.  Everything comes together for Harari in the last few pages of Sapiens, where he takes a
superbly reasoned and deeply disturbing telescopic look ahead into the future of
humankind. He believes “we stand poised on the brink of becoming true cyborgs, of having
inorganic features that are inseparable from our bodies, features that modify our abilities,
desires, personalities and identities".But there’s no escape from our limitations
nonetheless. Despite “the astonishing things that humans are capable of doing, we remain
unsure of our goals and we seem as discontented as ever", writes Harari. “We are more
powerful than ever before, but have very little idea of what to do with all that power.

6.  Self- made gods with only the laws of physics to keep us company, we are
accountable to no one. Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and
irresponsible gods who don’t know what they want?"
 Although the author later brings up valid concerns about our treatment of animals
and abuse of collective power, his rant against agriculture is truly bizarre considering
that without it he would not be able to write this very book.

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