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# 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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Review: If you feel you are ready to readers yourself and your life, carefully read this book - At many points in this compelling work, Harari forces you to challenge your entire sense of being. I am happy to assert that I feel that I survived the challenge and emerged intact. Long ago I rejected all of the stories and I now feel liberated and justified in my newly recognized freedom. It is so easy for me to focus only on my breathing I remain puzzled that Harare holds it to be difficult. Happily, I now know that I am free!
Review: This book made my head hurt......in a good way. - This book made my head heart.....in a good way. Right from the start I found myself highlighting, folding corners, and scribbling in the margins. While there were some chapters that were a bit above my insights in the topics, I found the book to be so thought provoking and engaging. Anyone who takes the risk to write on these topics will endure scrutiny for sure, but I love about books like this is that is forces me to pause and rethink my beliefs and ideals. Time and time again I wrote down a quote into my Evernote page and then conducted research to learn more. I loved the topics of AI, Education, Ignorance, Transportation, and Post Truth. Over and over again I came to realization that the paradoxal riddles and philosphical puzzles are quickly becoming realities that we will have to develop answers around. While none of know how the future will pan out, this book gives me thoughts about all sides that I never considered and further cemented the importance of my job as an educator to get the next generation as prepared as we possibly can. This book will be one I know I will return to time and time again as I learn new things and want to remember what shook my brain into new spaces.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #86,669 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #13 in Cultural Anthropology (Books) #451 in Politics & Government (Books) #5,316 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (20,199) |
| Dimensions  | 6.23 x 1.23 x 9.53 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0525512179 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0525512172 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 400 pages |
| Publication date  | September 4, 2018 |
| Publisher  | Random House |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you feel you are ready to readers yourself and your life, carefully read this book
*by J***A on October 12, 2025*

At many points in this compelling work, Harari forces you to challenge your entire sense of being. I am happy to assert that I feel that I survived the challenge and emerged intact. Long ago I rejected all of the stories and I now feel liberated and justified in my newly recognized freedom. It is so easy for me to focus only on my breathing I remain puzzled that Harare holds it to be difficult. Happily, I now know that I am free!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book made my head hurt......in a good way.
*by A***R on January 6, 2019*

This book made my head heart.....in a good way. Right from the start I found myself highlighting, folding corners, and scribbling in the margins. While there were some chapters that were a bit above my insights in the topics, I found the book to be so thought provoking and engaging. Anyone who takes the risk to write on these topics will endure scrutiny for sure, but I love about books like this is that is forces me to pause and rethink my beliefs and ideals. Time and time again I wrote down a quote into my Evernote page and then conducted research to learn more. I loved the topics of AI, Education, Ignorance, Transportation, and Post Truth. Over and over again I came to realization that the paradoxal riddles and philosphical puzzles are quickly becoming realities that we will have to develop answers around. While none of know how the future will pan out, this book gives me thoughts about all sides that I never considered and further cemented the importance of my job as an educator to get the next generation as prepared as we possibly can. This book will be one I know I will return to time and time again as I learn new things and want to remember what shook my brain into new spaces.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Major Challenges in Our Times
*by F***I on February 28, 2019*

Our dentist recommended Harari’s “Sapiens” to my wife, which she read and so taken continued through his second book “Homo Deus,” and went on to his “21 Lessons” which she commended to me. While I usually have my own reading agenda, I eventually got around to completing the book and glad I did as it clearly and succinctly outlines the major challenges of our times. While I do not agree with all of Harari’s characterizations or proposed solutions, I have to appreciate the directness and honesty in his delivery. Since his books are so popular and numerously reviewed, I only briefly refer to the content of Harari’s book and concentrate more on aspects that I found more or less useful. Within the book, Harari’s progresses through 5 parts to present his “21 Lessons.” In Part I, he conveys “The Technological Challenge” resulting from developments such as in life and computer sciences including (1) Disillusionment, (2) Work, (3) Equality, and (4) Liberty. Continuing in Part II, the author discusses “The Political Challenge” that ensues from these occurrences consisting of (5) Community, (6) Civilization, (7) Nationalism, (8) Religion, and (9) Immigration. Within Part III, Harari deals with the “Despair and Hope” resulting in society involving (10) Terrorism, (11) War, (12) Humility, (13) God, and (14) Secularism. For Part IV, the author wrestles with the difficulties in getting at the “Truth” entailed in (15) Ignorance, (16) Justice, (17) Post Truth, and (18) Science Fiction. Finally, in Part V, he takes up “Resilience” and ways to continue to function and advance with (19) Education, (20) Meaning, and (21) Meditation. Overall, I am impressed with Harari’s sweep as well as his ability as a historian to be a “disruptive thinker” and put important emerging issues into clear relief. His descriptions compare favorably with books such as Rutherford’s A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes , Barrett’s How Emotions Are Made and Lanier’s Who Owns the Future? in expressing the complexity in these topics and their extensive ramifications. The author’s discussions also remind me of those contained in Brooke Gladstone’s The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time . On the other hand, Harari’s skepticism and pessimism in questioning prevailing views can seem a little too fatalistic; his views, at times, do not seem to offer someone like me with enough alternatives and options with which to advance or at least take next steps in coping beyond meditation----although perhaps that’s the place from which they come. A contrasting foil might be the optimism in Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress where he puts more stock in reason, science and humanism (see my review of this book and others mentioned). Despite my criticism, Harari is very much worth reading for the way he portrays current human problems and those coming over the horizon that require our attention now and into the future.

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