Sapiens

Sapiens - It finally connected a lot of dots on how things work in the world (money, governments, religions, companies etc) and how humans communicate at scale.

on HN, 2019

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Great overview of how we got here and how our shared 'delusions' keep us where where we are).

on HN, 2019

It gave me a good understanding of where we, as a species, came from. What did we do, why did we spread across the planet, how did we replace other hominids? What I really appreciated was his ability to explain some of the underpinnings of society like religion, nation states and currency with a relatively simple idea.

on HN, 2017

The book helped me to get perspective on current events and helped provide relevant historical precedent for almost everything in the world around us.

on HN, 2019

Sapiens, recently. It had a profound effect on how I think about people, history and progress... Particularly, the points about group size and all th cultural clockwork required for and limiting our ability to function as large groups.

on HN, 2019

Hands down the book that most influenced me. The book had (for me) not one but several simple-yet-profound ideas that were forever inserted into the foreground of how I make sense of the world.

on HN, 2019