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21 lessons for the 21st century / Yuval Noah Harari.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jonathan Cape, 2018Copyright date: ℗♭2018Description: xv, 352 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781787330672 (Hardback)
  • 1787330672 (Hardback)
  • 9781787330870
  • 1787330877
Other title:
  • Twenty one lessons for the twenty-first century
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.83 HAR 23 012612
LOC classification:
  • CB430 .H37 2018
Other classification:
  • 02.40
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Technological Challenge -- 1. Disillusionment -- The End of History Has Been Postponed -- 2. Work -- When You Grow Up, You Might Not Have a Job -- 3. Liberty -- Big Data Is Watching You -- 4. Equality -- Those Who Own the Data Own the Future -- pt. II The Political Challenge -- 5. Community -- Humans Have Bodies -- 6. Civilization -- There Is Just One Civilization in the World -- 7. Nationalism -- Global Problems Need Global Answers -- 8. Religion -- God Now Serves the Nation -- 9. Immigration -- Some Cultures Might Be Better than Others -- pt. III Despair and Hope -- 10. Terrorism -- Don't Panic -- 11. War -- Never Underestimate Human Stupidity -- 12. Humility -- You Are Not the Center of the World -- 13. God -- Don't Take the Name of God in Vain -- 14. Secularism -- Acknowledge Your Shadow -- pt. IV Truth -- 15. Ignorance -- You Know Less than You Think -- 16. Justice -- Our Sense of Justice Might Be Out of Date -- 17. Post-Truth -- Some Fake News Lasts Forever -- 18. Science Fiction -- The Future Is Not What You See in the Movies -- pt. V Resilience -- 19. Education -- Change Is the Only Constant -- 20. Meaning -- Life Is Not a Story -- 21. Meditation -- Just Observe.
Summary: Shares insights into such present-day issues as the role of technology in transforming humanity, the epidemic of false news, and the modern relevance of nations and religion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-340) and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Technological Challenge -- 1. Disillusionment -- The End of History Has Been Postponed -- 2. Work -- When You Grow Up, You Might Not Have a Job -- 3. Liberty -- Big Data Is Watching You -- 4. Equality -- Those Who Own the Data Own the Future -- pt. II The Political Challenge -- 5. Community -- Humans Have Bodies -- 6. Civilization -- There Is Just One Civilization in the World -- 7. Nationalism -- Global Problems Need Global Answers -- 8. Religion -- God Now Serves the Nation -- 9. Immigration -- Some Cultures Might Be Better than Others -- pt. III Despair and Hope -- 10. Terrorism -- Don't Panic -- 11. War -- Never Underestimate Human Stupidity -- 12. Humility -- You Are Not the Center of the World -- 13. God -- Don't Take the Name of God in Vain -- 14. Secularism -- Acknowledge Your Shadow -- pt. IV Truth -- 15. Ignorance -- You Know Less than You Think -- 16. Justice -- Our Sense of Justice Might Be Out of Date -- 17. Post-Truth -- Some Fake News Lasts Forever -- 18. Science Fiction -- The Future Is Not What You See in the Movies -- pt. V Resilience -- 19. Education -- Change Is the Only Constant -- 20. Meaning -- Life Is Not a Story -- 21. Meditation -- Just Observe.

Shares insights into such present-day issues as the role of technology in transforming humanity, the epidemic of false news, and the modern relevance of nations and religion.

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