10-23-2018, 05:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-23-2018, 07:00 AM by Bill the Piper.)
I've read the Wikipedia page. Harari has good ideas, but these ideas can be found in Olaf Stapledon as well. I still need to see something that would convince me that he's an original thinker.
Harari: Homo sapiens supplanted the rival Neanderthal because they developed language skills and structured societies
Stapledon: Homo sapiens won because they developed reason and charity
Also, Harari's book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow predicts that Homo sapiens will be replaced by a more developed being, this is a corollary of transhumanist thought and started with Stapledon's Last and First Men back in 1930. Or perhaps it started even earlier, as Stapledon looked up to his older missionary peer, H.G. Wells. My nickname for these perfected future humans is Galactic Men
Stapledon used Christian language, which can be difficult for some to swallow, and perhaps that's why he doesn't receive due praise. Harari is gay and practises Buddhist meditation, and that makes him more politically correct as a person.
Speaking about the video, I liked the idea that the main problem with jobs is (or soon will be) irrelevance rather than exploitation.
Harari: Homo sapiens supplanted the rival Neanderthal because they developed language skills and structured societies
Stapledon: Homo sapiens won because they developed reason and charity
Also, Harari's book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow predicts that Homo sapiens will be replaced by a more developed being, this is a corollary of transhumanist thought and started with Stapledon's Last and First Men back in 1930. Or perhaps it started even earlier, as Stapledon looked up to his older missionary peer, H.G. Wells. My nickname for these perfected future humans is Galactic Men
Stapledon used Christian language, which can be difficult for some to swallow, and perhaps that's why he doesn't receive due praise. Harari is gay and practises Buddhist meditation, and that makes him more politically correct as a person.
Speaking about the video, I liked the idea that the main problem with jobs is (or soon will be) irrelevance rather than exploitation.