21 Lessons for the 21st Century

After reading Yuval Noah Harari's other work, Sapiens, I knew I had to read more. Thankfully, I was gifted this book. At first I thought it was Harari's attempt at a self-help book, which I was OK with, but I was very pleased to learn that it was not such a thing. It turned out to be way better than I had thought (the title deceived me).

The book is broken into 5 broad topics, with each topic encompassing a range of “lessons” relating to that topic's theme. Each lesson is more of a conversational essay designed to give the reader a broad understanding of the issue, and leaving the reader to go away in their own time and ponder it's implications. A more appropriate title for the book would perhaps be: 21 Things to Think about in the 21st Century (/s). Kidding aside, it is a very good book for the modern day person, and I would recommend it to almost anyone. Just don't expect Harari to be giving you answers on these topics; that's your job, he's just the conversation starter.