Summary of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

By: Book Addict

Narrated by: Jeff Lechtanski

Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

From where did the world appear?

Is the creation story true?

Why is Man the way he is?

Were there men before you and me?

Would there be other species after you and me?

Religion and politics: What is their origin? And why do they rule our world so strongly?

Oh well! You might be in for a shocker! If you were told today that you come from a lineage of animals, and probably have some apes and chimpanzees as long-lost cousins, what would you think? If you knew that the creation story was just make-believe invented to control your world, what would you say? What if you were told that your species would one day come to an end?

All of these and many more are the topics explored in Sapiens.

In the book Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari discusses all you need to know about who you are and where you come from, and debunks the many myths that have lived with us until now.

This book contains a comprehensive, well-detailed summary and key takeaways of the original book by Yuval Noah Harari. It summarizes the book in detail, to help people effectively understand and imbibe the original work by Noah. This book is not meant to replace the original book but to serve as a companion to it.

Contained are:

• Executive summary of the original book
• Key points of each chapter and
• Brief chapter-by-chapter summaries

Disclaimer: This is a summary and review of the book Sapiens and not the original book.

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“Tons of years ago.”

As much as I liked the subject and Harari’s story, I did not like the use of expressions such as “...tons of years ago” and similar ones with “tons of” this and that. I don’t remember this usage in the unabridged version.

Sapiens Summary

Lots of information. Good summary of book if your idea is to listen to a Cliffs Notes type version.

recommended for biologist

Sapiens are faced with some physical forces, chemical reactions and natural selection process that is characteristic of all living things. Biologist will find this book useful

Educative

A lot of learning can be achieved from this book. its science , its historic and can be said to contain some myths even as it delivers some facts. I found interesting listening and will recommend

lucky

Am quite lucky with this book. its a good thing i even have all the versions of this book- kindle, paperback and audio. i don't regret spending that much on the book. its worth the amount and time. recommended

Dense book- Great to have a sweeping overview 1st

This book covers eons of time and a university worth of science & humanity topics - and draws many inflammatory, arguable and always interesting conclusions and connections. So I am glad I spent 2 hrs Getting an overview with helpful take-home points, before I dig deeper into the whole book.

Prospective

it's all about perspective on how you see things and how you want to see things. overall give it at 3 because the voice at the end sounds so robotic a little scary, the narrator killed it for me. made me not want to listen to the end.

Compels, Provokes, Well Read, Some Awkward English

Compelling story. Once started, hard to stop.
Many fascinating, insightful, and even provocative points.
Mostly very well read (occasional hard to understand words).
Some colloquial English, presumably a matter of translation style, seemed awkward (throughout).
Overall: Well worth the time and money invested.

unsupported claim.

In chapter 15. The author presents an unsupported claim that European have concord the rest of the world for the sake of knowledge.!!

Powerful

I love the descriptive power and presentation of words in this book. it actually proofed a point about the man behind this book. found the detail explanation helpful and good recommendation for more to learn from as well.