Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 1: The Birth of Humankind (SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY, 1)

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Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 - The Pillars of Civilization is a fascinating exploration of human social organisation, from the transition from nomadic to agricultural societies through to the struggle for gender and racial equality in the twenty-first century. The graphic novel ends on a gloomy note. A tough cop named Lopez enlists Harari and Professor Saraswati to assist in the investigation of what she calls “the world’s worst ecological serial killers.” Says the cop: “Wherever these guys go, a whole bunch of bodies always show up.” By now, of course, we know the prime suspect is, as one character says, “all of us.” Reviewing the book in The Washington Post, evolutionary anthropologist Avi Tuschman points out problems stemming from the contradiction between Harari's "freethinking scientific mind" and his "fuzzier worldview hobbled by political correctness", but nonetheless wrote that "Harari's book is important reading for serious-minded, self-reflective sapiens." [25] Makin paham apa yang dibahas, makin dapet humornya, makin nyesek di bab terakhir. Catatan kecil tentang isu ekologis di halaman-halaman terakhir rasanya kaya ditonjok di ulu hati.

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Mann, Charles C. (6 February 2015). "How Humankind Conquered the World". Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 15 June 2016. How early societies tended to measure "success" in terms of quantitative output, rather than qualitative experience, which has clear parallels in modern economics. "The discrepancy between evolutionary "success" and individual suffering may well be the most important lesson we can learn from the agricultural revolution." (p.61)- The "luxury trap": the phenomenon whereby achieving goals and sufficiency often doesn't produce happiness and satisfaction, but instead an expectation and want for more. It is not an easy job to take a nonfiction tome such as Sapiens and adapt it to a graphic version. So I must appreciate the efforts of the author, the storyboard artists, illustrators and editors who would have worked on this graphic version. They have done a fabulous job. The Pillars of Civilization is a less satisfying follow-up to the first volume, though it still makes me want to read the prose version. The heavy hitter here is the reveal that the agricultural revolution was a bad thing. People getting more food and settling down? Awful! For pleasure, that is. Which I can get behind. I'd like more time for pleasure, sure.Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Sapiens: A Graphic History. His books have soldover35million copies in 65 languages, and he is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today. The Guardian hascredited Sapienswith revolutionizing the non-fiction market and popularizing “brainy books”. Michal Shavit, publishing director of imprint Jonathan Cape at Vintage, said: “Yuval Harari never ceases to amaze, inspire and entertain his readers and this new book in the Sapiens: A Graphic History series doesn’t disappoint. In this beautiful, illustrated edition, with its focus on the Agricultural Revolution, we are thrown into a world of technological innovation, societal upheaval and the unintended consequences that accompany such seismic change. A treasure for young and old alike.’

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It is beyond argument nowadays that the comic book can be enjoyed by adult readers, and some of them are literally so graphic that their intended readers are adults only. “Sapiens: A Graphic History,” however, is child-friendly. For example, when explaining the principle that animals from different species may mate but cannot produce fertile offspring, Harari shows us a horse and a donkey and comments that “they don’t seem to be that into each other.” While many of the illustrations and dialogue bubbles are quite frank, the book serves as a useful primer of history and science for readers of all ages. Con respeto al primer volumen, este que lleva por subtítulo Los pilares de la civilización no presenta grandes cambios en cuestión de estilo, narración o recursos usados por los autores: acá de nuevo nos encontramos con su sobrina Zoe, la doctora Saraswati, la Doctora Ficción y la detective López que acompañan a Yuval en la narración, también está presente la inserción del cómic de Bill & Cindy para ejemplificar la cotidianidad de cada una de las épocas que ha vivido sapiens, la inserción de algunos recortes de periódicos y anuncios publicitarios ficticios con el fin de hacer hincapié en los elementos más contundentes de la narración. El ensayo de Sapiens es una obra que tan pronto salió a la luz me llamó mucho la atención. Hasta ahora no había tenido la oportunidad de leerla, pero cuando catalogué su versión gráfica en la biblioteca no dudé y un segundo y me llevé los dos tomos prestados. A diferencia del ensayo original, nos encontraremos una versión adaptada para todas las edades, en formato cómic y con un vocabulario accesible para los más jóvenes. All large scale human cooperation depends on common myths that exist only in peoples’ collective imagination,” Doctor Fiction sums up. “Much of history revolves around one big question…how do you convince millions of people to believe a particular story about a god, a nation, or a limited liability company?” History proves that human beings have been perfectly willing to embrace the stories that other human being made up, and “now the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depend on the good grace of imaginary entities, almighty gods, or Google,” as Harari’s comic-book avatar puts it. I thought about giving this book an extra star because of that, but I gave it the same rating I did the first because the first one kept my attention better. I’m not sure if the characters and framing devices were less interesting in this one or if I’m just less interested in the period of history it covers.Harari is a gifted writer, and he is not afraid to traffic in the biggest of Big Ideas. He starts by reminding us that Homo sapiens, the last surviving species in the genus known as Homo, started out as unremarkable animals “with no more impact on their environment than baboons, fireflies or jellyfish.” Our unique gift among the other fauna, which emerged about 70,000 years ago, is our ability to imagine things that cannot be detected by the five senses, including God, religion, corporations, and currency, all of which he characterizes as fictions. He points out that we have risen to the top of the food chain only by exploiting and often exterminating other animals, but he predicts that humans, too, are not long for the world. All of these intriguing ideas – and many more — are explored in depth and with wit and acuity in “Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind.” no esperes unos dibujos grandiosos pero cumplen con su objetivo de mostrar bien claro de lo que hablan. Lo mejor del libro esta en sus enseñanzas que ya pudimos ver en la novela "De animales a dioses" de Yuval Noah Harari. Aqui incluso los ejemplos son como los que menciona en el libro pero esta bastante gracioso el modo en que lo han hecho. Como comic divulgativo se merece las 5 estrellas y ese creo que era su objetivo. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind ( Hebrew: קיצור תולדות האנושות, Qitzur Toldot ha-Enoshut) is a book by Yuval Noah Harari, first published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 based on a series of lectures Harari taught at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and in English in 2014. [1] [2] The book, focusing on Homo sapiens, surveys the history of humankind, starting from the Stone Age and going up to the twenty-first century. The account is situated within a framework that intersects the natural sciences with the social sciences. However, I did learn a lot, and I learned that while researchers know an awful lot, there is an awful lot they don't know as well. In 2015 the Israel Museum in Jerusalem created a special, temporary exhibit based on the book, using archeological and artistic displays to demonstrate the main themes found in the book. The exhibit ran from May until December 2015. [20]