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Nexus evaluation: Yuval Noah Harari runs out his depth in his brand-new book

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The author of Sapiens has actually turned his attention to the info networks that form our societies, however when you stop and consider what he’s stating, it’s apparent

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Yuval Noah Harari (Fern Press, out 10 September)

Checking out Nexus is a weird experience. The quality of the text stumbles up and down: one minute you read something incisive, the next you are learning banalities.

Its author, Yuval Noah Harari, is a middle ages historian most popular for his book Sapiensa whistlestop history of humankind from the Stone Age to today day. Its main thesis is that people pertained to control the world since we can think in things that just …

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