Unstoppable Us, Volume 2 Why the Wor..., Yuval Noah Harari
Unstoppable Us, Volume 2 Why the Wor..., Yuval Noah Harari
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Unstoppable Us, Volume 2: Why the World Isn't Fair

Author: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrator: Rosa Howard

Unabridged: 4 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/05/2024


Synopsis

From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us series that traces human development from the Agricultural Revolution to Prehistoric Egypt.

Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established? How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other?

And why isn’t the world fair?

The answer to all of that is one of the strangest tales you’ll ever hear. And it’s a true story!

From cultivating land and sharing resources to building pyramids and paying taxes, prepare to discover how humans established civilization, endured the consequences for it, and created history-changing inventions along the way. 

In Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari explored the early history of humankind. In Volume 2, he is back with another expertly crafted story of how human society evolved and flourished. His dynamic writing makes the incredible story of our past fun, engaging, and impossible to put down.

About Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli born Yuval Noah Harari is a historian and philosopher who was born in Haifa, Israel, and received his PhD from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Department of History. He is the author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. All Harari books have sold millions of copies worldwide, and have been translated in many countries. Sapiens has been chosen to be adapted to film by Hollywood.

Harari's books are very popular with progressives and they ask questions about such thoughts as what he describes as the "cognitive revolution", and how it affected language development; the agricultural revolution, and how the scientific method accelerated everything. His opinion in his book concerning future consequences of the futuristic biotechnological world is that "Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so".

Harari practices Vipassana meditation, he is a vegan, and does not own a smartphone. He became vegan because in his research he developed the view that the dairy industry is breaking the bond between mother cow and calf.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shilo on December 23, 2023

Kiddo (9) and I really really enjoyed the first book in this series, but we enjoyed this one even more. All other "history of the world" books that I have read get bogged down in dates and names and try to establish a chronological timeline of major world events. This book, however, dispenses with a......more

Goodreads review by Koray on October 14, 2024

Dünya neden adil değil? Bunu bir çocuğun anlayacağı şekilde anlatmış. İlk bölüme göre daha sosyolojik bir kitap olmuş. Bir yetişkin olarak dinlerken çok keyif aldım. Kitaptan aldığım köpeklerle ilgili bir alıntıyı da buraya aktarayım: "... Şimdi köpeklerin en zeki hayvan türü olmadığını biliyoruz.......more

Goodreads review by Els on October 16, 2023

Het mysterie van de mens. Waarom de wereld niet eerlijk is. Tekst: Yuval Noah Harari. Illustraties: Ricard Zaplana Ruiz. Oh, wat een geweldige mooi én boeiend boek! Ik heb de graphic novels van Sapiens gelezen en ben sindsdien grote fan van Harari. Wat een talent heeft die man; hij heeft de gave om mo......more

Goodreads review by Elçin on March 17, 2024

Dünyanın neden adaletsiz olduğunu ve daha adaletli bir dünya için ne yapmak gerektiğini büyüklere bile anlatmak güç işken bunu çocuklara, onların anlayabileceği basitlikle anlatmak çok zor ve bir o kadar da sorumluluk isteyen bir iş. Hariri zor bir işin altından başarıyla kalkmış görünüyor. Bu kitab......more

Goodreads review by Gert on December 05, 2023

Wederom een ingewikkeld verhaal op een begrijpelijke manier uitgelegd. Moet kinderen (en andere mensen) aan het denken zetten.......more


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