Just checked out a digi-copy from the library to Kindle using the Libby app. Need to "return" it by the end of this month so...might need to try something else later...

Fingers crossed. Can hardly breath, turning blue with anticipation.

During World War Two, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union for just that purpose, to seize control over the resources of the Soviet empire. Historian Andrew Roberts would probably disagree with that. He claims Hitler made the totally insane military decision to invade the country that made a non-aggress...

AI could cause ‘catastrophic’ financial crisis, says Yuval Noah Harari "AI is different from every previous technology in human history because it’s the first technology that can make decisions by itself, that can create new ideas by itself and that can learn and develop by itself. Almost by d...

You've made that case from the beginning. However notice you're listing two reasons (out of who knows how many) why Putin invaded Ukraine. 1 to start reconstructing the former Russian Empire and 2 to prevent Ukraine from joining Nato. You seem to be saying if we took reason # 2 off the table (perhap...

Yes at times "both science and religion are wrong." But consider the vastly different time scales during which they are incorrect. Some aspects of the current consensus of science are almost certainly wrong or incomplete. Although scientific orthodoxies can have powerful support, science t...

Department of Defense Announces Pursuit of B61 Gravity Bomb Variant Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that the United States will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb , designated the B61-13, pending Congressional authorization and appropriation. ..."Today's a...

In contrast to the Laws of the Jungle and Chekov, as we're discussing in his book, Harari now states we may be just 24 hours from nuclear war. (Japanese TV interview 10/19/2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTQ2Hn9uyxg

Wow, you are a brave one Murmur! Let us know how it goes.

The following review was discussed (much!) earlier in this thread and I expect it raised quite a few blisters.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-revi ... about-god/

Yuval Noah Harari is in the news commenting on the conflict with Hamas. This thread lists a few examples, please add more. Hamas wants to assassinate any chance for peace and have this conflict continue for generations. 3:20 minute video https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/10/13/exp-yuval-noah-har...