The Question of the Day: When is a history book not a history book? Or, maybe this should be the Question of the Day: When is an author simply trying to be too clever for his own good? The Answer to both questions: Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind. Let’s start with the positive. This is a fun book to read. A very fun book to read. It is the sort of book that makes you realize again that the world is littered with fascinating anecdotes and facts and factoids which are … [Read more...] about A History of Futility
Measuring out my life with coffee spoons ...and books
