TY - BOOK AU - Harari, Yuval N TI - 21 lessons for the 21st century SN - 9781784708283 U1 - 909.83 HAR PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Jonathan Cape KW - Civilization, Modern 21st century KW - World politics KW - Twenty-first century KW - History, Modern N1 - 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Acknowledge Your Shadow Truth Ignorance: You Know Less than You Think Justice: Our Sense of Justice Might Be Out of Date Post-Truth: Some Fake News Lasts Forever Science Fiction: The Future Is Not What You See in the Movies Resilience Education: Change Is the Only Constant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 N2 - 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 ER -