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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Authors:

Yuval Noah Harari (author) and Marc Quinn (covers)

Language:

English

Original language:

English

Publisher:

Jonathan Cape

Categories:

Anthropology, economics, history and science

Publication year:

2018

Original publication year:

2018

ISBN:

978-1-78733-087-0

Pages:

352

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Table of Contents:

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• Introduction

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Part IV: Truth

• 15 Ignorance: You Know Less than You Think
• 16 Justice: Our Sense ofJustice Might Be Out of Date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

Part V: Resilience

• 19 Education: Change Is the Only Constant
• 20 Meaning: Life Is Not a Story
• 21 Meditation: Just Observe

• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index

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