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21 lessons for the 21st century Yuval N. Harari (Author)

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Jonathan Cape 2018Description: xv, 417 pages 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781784708283
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.83 HAR
Contents:
he Technological Challenge Disillusionment:The End of History Has Been Postponed Work: When You Grow Up, You Might Not Have a Job Liberty: Big Data Is Watching You Equality: Those Who Own the Data Own the Future The Political Challenge Community: Humans Have Bodies Civilization: There Is Just One Civilization in the World Nationalism: Global Problems Need Global Answers Religion:God Now Serves the Nation Immigration: Some Cultures Might Be Better than Others Despair and Hope Terrorism: Don't Panic War: Never Underestimate Human Stupidity Humility: You Are Not the Center of the World God: Don't Take the Name of God in Vain Secularism: Acknowledge Your Shadow Truth Ignorance: You Know Less than You Think Justice: Our Sense of Justice Might Be Out of Date Post-Truth: Some Fake News Lasts Forever Science Fiction: The Future Is Not What You See in the Movies Resilience Education: Change Is the Only Constant Meaning: Life Is Not a Story Meditation: Just Observe
Summary: How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Yuval Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive. How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis? Harari invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power.
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he Technological Challenge
Disillusionment:The End of History Has Been Postponed
Work: When You Grow Up, You Might Not Have a Job
Liberty: Big Data Is Watching You
Equality: Those Who Own the Data Own the Future
The Political Challenge
Community: Humans Have Bodies
Civilization: There Is Just One Civilization in the World
Nationalism: Global Problems Need Global Answers
Religion:God Now Serves the Nation
Immigration: Some Cultures Might Be Better than Others
Despair and Hope
Terrorism: Don't Panic
War: Never Underestimate Human Stupidity
Humility: You Are Not the Center of the World
God: Don't Take the Name of God in Vain
Secularism: Acknowledge Your Shadow
Truth
Ignorance: You Know Less than You Think
Justice: Our Sense of Justice Might Be Out of Date
Post-Truth: Some Fake News Lasts Forever
Science Fiction: The Future Is Not What You See in the Movies
Resilience
Education: Change Is the Only Constant
Meaning: Life Is Not a Story
Meditation: Just Observe

How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Yuval Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive. How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis? Harari invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power.

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