i actually adore this. way too many "smart" "learned" "PhD recipients" that i know have considered that sapiens schlock to be a serious work of nonfiction. this puts it in its correct place at the top of a shitheap

[–] towhee@hexbear.net 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a 2011 book by the Israeli military historian Yuval Noah Harari, based on a series of lectures he gave at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It was first published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011, and in English in 2014.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And this is now more than I previously knew about the book, as a person who at some point had one (thanks to some awful dork).

Could just never properly crack it open, instant boredom and eye rolls every time. You've given me a closure I didn't realize I needed lol

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I added this to my ereader years ago after a friend recommended it enough times that I felt obligated to. Opened it once but couldn’t fight the feeling that it was going to be terrible so never started.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah it's interesting, there are apparently people who start it and feel drawn in, I definitely had the opposite experience, sounds like you too. Some subconscious observation that just screams "schlock".

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Someone gifted me these books and they belong in my "social fascist" book pile

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago

I kinda just wanna read through it a bit to laught my ass off at the prob idealist bs it says