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21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century is the latest book I read by Yuval Noah Harari. His first two famous books both got me really started to look into our world in a much different light. The format of this book is a little bit different from the last two as it composed of 21 different chapters on topics that the author found most relevant in our contemporary world. Most of the first half part of the book regrettably repeats most of the ideas he covered in Homo Deus, his second book that explored our future that would be dominated by superhuman with the advancing of the combination of biotechnology and big data.

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Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

I always avoid watching an adapted movie before reading the book. This time was an accident. I was taking a flight by myself, and this movie looked interesting. I watched…and loved it, so much. So much that I have to read the book just to prolong the pleasure, but I had a reservation since I already watched the movie that there might not be any surprises. There was, in fact, not many surprises. But that is beyond the point.

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Who does not want to know where we humans come from? However, we usually shy away from this kind of book because of all the jargon and technical information. I read Jared Diamond before and found that it was effortless to follow, and there are always interesting points that renew one’s curiosity throughout the book to keep one reading. I thought Jared Diamond was excellent, but this book by Harari is even better in terms of keeping the readers amused.

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