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In a continuation of my review on Sapiens from before, I can now finish the review, since I’ve finished the book.

There was only one additional part that just stopped me completely, which was when Harari said, “Why do people worry about us running out of energy?” He was talking about the inevitable collapse of the fossil fuel industry, but no one is worried that we wouldn’t have “enough energy.” The real concern is that there will be a sharp price increase when the oil-dependent energy system we now have crosses the threshold where competition for fossil fuels rises. Less “running out of energy” and more like an “energy crisis,” the likes of which we have had before when oil has undergone price spikes. We all know that solar, wind, and nuclear power can provide the power needed, but that system doesn’t yet exist fully.

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I’m reading the book Sapiens by Yuval Harari. I’d actually stopped reading it at one point, and he encouraged me to continue because he wanted to hear my criticism. (The reason I stopped previously was his fairly full-throated support for imperialism. Another part that almost broke me is when Harari said, “Can you think of a single piece of great art that isn’t about conflict?” I could, in fact, think of such art. As could, I think, almost anyone who thought more than a moment about it, ranging from the Mona Lisa to heavy metal songs like “Cosmic” by Avenged Sevenfold. It was a comment so ridiculous that I had to take a week off of the book.) I’m doing it here because, hey, why not? How often does a friend say they WANT to hear your criticisms?! While I could write a letter, but a blog post is more fun, right?

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Finishing that Review of Sapiens For a Friend

Partial review of Sapiens by Yuval Harari… for a friend!

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