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Book Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014)

Andrew (he/him) on August 01, 2019

This might be a bit off-topic for Dev.To, but I recently came across a list of recommended books for software developers and saw Sapiens: A Brief H...
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Jean-Michel Plourde

Hands down one of my fav books. I really like anything wrote by Yuval Noah Harari. One of my favorite quote from Yuval Noah Harari is from 21 questions for the 21st century, when he talks about terrorism in these time of peace and safety: "A small coin in a big empty jar makes a lot of noise"

Another good one from the same book: "Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question".

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Alex Parra

I have this one to read on my vacations coming up. Yeah!!

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Hendrik Ras

In the last chapter the author wrote about a possible AI being born from a computervirus making a 'copy mistake' mutating its code. That may be a valid way of explaining creation in biology, but in the world of IT I found it harder to believe. Although I loved reading that book, it left me wondering what other facts were overlooked.

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Alex Parra

Loved this book.
Recommended.

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Muhammad

I am thinking on starting this book, dont know why am just a bit hesitant

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Andrew (he/him)

Just read the first chapter. I guarantee you'll be hooked.

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Muhammad

Just placed an order based on community recommendation... Should arrive in 2 days.. I guess

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Ben Halpern

This might be a bit off-topic for Dev.To

Good #watercooler content 👌

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Nicolò Rebughini

I've just finished Homo Deus and thoroughly enjoyed it. Sapiens is already sitting in my bookshelf waiting to be read, let's see if I can enjoy it even if I've already have the next under my belt.

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Bigyan Thapa

Thanks for the article. My friend read this book a while ago and had recommended me as well. I will add this to my reading list.

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Karol Adamczyk

You’ll definitely love Homo Deus.

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Andrew (he/him)

Ooh I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!

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Damien Cosset

One of the best books I have ever read! Highly recommended.

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Coding Sam

I am currently reading this book.
I am loving it! Can't recommend it enough

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Edgar X. González Cortés

Awesome recommendation. Thanks!