人类简史
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人类简史是一本“奇书”,可以说作者非常有才华。整本书结合了历史,军事,政治,经济等各个方面的内容,而且讲的津津有味,各方面的内容还都是有据可循的。
整本书从地球的形成讲到有机生物的形成,到人类祖先祖先的形成,到智人的演化。经历了7万年前的认知革命,12000年前的农业革命,500年前的科学革命。讲述了这三大革命如何改变了人类和其他生物。
使读者对整个世界的历史能有一个宏观的了解。在如今这个世界帝国的形成过程中给读者讲述了各大洲是如何被发现的,语言是如何形成的,货币政策是如何形成的,宗教的起源等。
引起我最大兴趣的莫过于在世界地图形成前各个帝国之间的争霸以及取得霸权的帝国又是如何继续扩张自己的土地并管理自己的帝国,而后形成的帝国主义,自由主义,殖民主义,资本主义,社会主义等社会意识形态,还有宗教文化等的形成,这其中包罗万象,有很多先人留给我们的启示。
总的来说作者的态度应该是揶揄、批判、怀疑。智人这样的演化及发展是不是会对整个地球造成更多的伤害。他用自己那关爱弱者的菩萨心肠,表现了对家禽家畜的同情和无边大爱。甚至控诉了智人灭绝了多种史前动物。但是对于将来又有种种的不确定性,不确定站在生物链顶端的智人会不会被人工智能所替代,这也许值得飞速发展的社会进行思考。。。
A brief history of humankind is an excellent book. The author Yuval Naoah Harari is talent. The whole book combined history, military, politic, economic etc. and shared us really interesting stories and ideas. Besides, all the details of history can be found.
It told us how the earth appeared? How ancestor appeared? How human being appeared. The story is from cognitive revolution 70 thousands years ago, agricultural revolution 12 thousands years ago to scientific revolution 5 hundreds years ago. It described how these revolutions changed human beings and other living things.
This book let me know about the whole history of the world. I also know "How each continent was found? "How language was formed? How money was invented? How religion was coming from?" during the whole world's formation.
Each empire's fighting arouse my interest mostly. And after they won, how they enlarged their lands? How they managed their empire. Finally, there comes lots of ideology. Such as Imperialism、liberalism、colonialism、capitalism、socialism etc. and the formation of religion as well. There are many hints from our ancestors.
All in all, the author's attitide is critical and skeptical. He doesn't know whether human being will hurt earth more. He expressed sympthy to animals with his kindness. He even criticized that human beings made many kinds of prehistorical animals extinct. However, he is not sure about our future, not sure whether human being on the top of living things will be replaced by AI. This needs society's deep thinking...