Book review- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Book by Yuval Noah Harari
'A wise old man was asked what he learned about the meaning of life. ‘Well,’ he answered, ‘I have learned that I am here on earth in order to help other people. I still haven’t figured out why the other people are here.’ Liberty, equality, community, civilisation- what does this all mean? Are we ever free or just merely posing for the same? Are we reliving the matrix world (the movie)… what about our thinking system…are we independent there? This is an utterly fantastic book, the second book I have read by Yuval Harari. It is a perfect book to challenge everything around us…be it the information read, seen or heard, or individual core beliefs.. it opens our minds and broadens our horizons. The book validates one perspective of mine, i.e., the information is slowly converting into a humongous amount of data, making it impossible to focus on anything in particular, leading our mind into a 'paralytic zone'. The book indicates that, as humans, we have to give up ...