Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don't know what they want?//时隔近两年，读了Vintage版。相当适合用作英语阅读，作者的文笔很舒服，实属应该畅销的作品。而且总的来说还是非常有启示的。//2017-12-19在网易云听的中信版
前19章充满洞见，几乎每一章都很有趣，都很让人启发。但最后一张关于人类未来的描述很倒胃口，让人很不舒服。无论如何，这本书让我重拾了自读 Guns, Germs and Streels 以来的惊喜，甚至超越了我原以为无法超越的后者！"Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don't know what they want?"
Culture is a parasite; agriculture is a trap; ideologies are just modern religions; consumerism’s the heaven promised by capitalism as a religion. And at the end of the day human society is operating based on myths instead of facts.
Reread the English version nearly four years later. Since we might soon be able to engineer our desires, perhaps the real question facing us is not "What do we want to become," but"What do we want to want?" After all, is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don't know what ther want?
A+ | Engaging and informative。尤其是前半部份，給予了一種理解人類進化的新的角度。後半部分雖然寫的都是熟悉的內容，但也不乏閃光點。文筆也很好，不愧被評「[w]ritten in unforgettably vivid language」，可用作論文寫作臨摹。p.s. 就是有些地方例子過氾，有湊字數之嫌～
A holistic view of evolution of human beings: looking at the past, we get to know where we came from; seeing the world around us now, we feel like we can make real changes; glimpse into the future, we ask ourselves where we are heading to. The answer is unknown, that is the most scary part.
1 有用 茨威格的银环 2015-11-17 20:46:35
怎么说呢...以作者的年纪来写这么浩浩荡荡的人类学历史难免会为搏出彩而力求新颖与激扬
1 有用 Stan 自得其乐 2019-09-21 17:29:26
Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don't know what they want?//时隔近两年，读了Vintage版。相当适合用作英语阅读，作者的文笔很舒服，实属应该畅销的作品。而且总的来说还是非常有启示的。//2017-12-19在网易云听的中信版
1 有用 诺亚方洲 2018-07-06 00:02:07
不知道为什么 感觉整本书都在叨逼叨逼叨逼一些早就知道的事 有个别几章还有点新意 其他的看着都急 tell me something i don't know. 还是不能相信畅销书
0 有用 石榴！石榴！ 2022-11-13 15:56:24 日本
great book, thought provoking.
0 有用 大K 2022-04-24 23:09:41
终于读完，许多有启发的新角度
0 有用 阿盆 2017-03-26 14:23:18
前19章充满洞见，几乎每一章都很有趣，都很让人启发。但最后一张关于人类未来的描述很倒胃口，让人很不舒服。无论如何，这本书让我重拾了自读 Guns, Germs and Streels 以来的惊喜，甚至超越了我原以为无法超越的后者！"Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don't know what they want?"
0 有用 川 2017-11-05 22:58:29
这本书与其是当作串历史的科普书，不如当成索引去看。轻松好读又流畅且all-encompassing。不过真的感谢今天能一鼓作气把最后一个尾巴用三四个小时读完了。毫不间断地沉浸在其中去读这种感觉真的好棒。
0 有用 熊猫崽崽 2018-05-26 17:09:54
看完了，末章催生了一股压抑与难受，难以排解。
0 有用 Brokko.li 2020-12-21 21:51:20
奇妙遐想空間
0 有用 小亮 2018-07-27 06:07:52
Culture is a parasite; agriculture is a trap; ideologies are just modern religions; consumerism’s the heaven promised by capitalism as a religion. And at the end of the day human society is operating based on myths instead of facts.
0 有用 安小軌很機車 2019-04-07 19:33:33
中英文兩本一起讀的，從春節放假開始，到後來上班很忙一星期只能讀幾頁，於是前後花了差不多兩個月才讀完。信息量巨大，在作者淺顯的敘述和簡單的例子中終於重新認識和理解了中學歷史課上怎麼都聽不懂的人類的過去，也結合了自己親身經歷的這三十年來的種種，陷入無限的哲學思考和心理學反思中。
0 有用 prejudice 2018-10-03 22:22:51
The Animal that Became a God.
0 有用 lovelessong 2017-11-05 16:17:32
Mind-blowing!!!
0 有用 xiaokewuming 2020-08-28 12:16:30
Reread the English version nearly four years later. Since we might soon be able to engineer our desires, perhaps the real question facing us is not "What do we want to become," but"What do we want to want?" After all, is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don't know what ther want?
0 有用 謐辻 2021-07-15 13:49:49
A+ | Engaging and informative。尤其是前半部份，給予了一種理解人類進化的新的角度。後半部分雖然寫的都是熟悉的內容，但也不乏閃光點。文筆也很好，不愧被評「[w]ritten in unforgettably vivid language」，可用作論文寫作臨摹。p.s. 就是有些地方例子過氾，有湊字數之嫌～
0 有用 敬上一层楼 2017-12-05 19:45:51
A holistic view of evolution of human beings: looking at the past, we get to know where we came from; seeing the world around us now, we feel like we can make real changes; glimpse into the future, we ask ourselves where we are heading to. The answer is unknown, that is the most scary part.
0 有用 松尾欠欠子 2021-11-30 18:24:30
用了一年终于读完了。整本书充满了新观点，但是也混有作者的偏见。
0 有用 维斯特洛江湖骗子 2021-10-23 23:52:35
不能再耗下去了 忍痛半途而弃。
0 有用 三嘟 2019-12-20 12:53:59
此书采用“大历史”的写法，避开具体的历史事件和历史人物，直接剖析人类各发展阶段的本质，“惊人”结论应接不暇，不少读者高呼过瘾。但近年来不断走俏的大历史类图书往往容易犯以偏概全的错误，只顾着抛结论、上概念，举例论证仅仅走个形式。比如本书论证农业时代的人类不如采集者生活幸福，比如把个人主义描述为国家和市场摧毁家庭和社群的“第五纵队”等。此书另一大特色是紧紧抓住“虚构”这个概念不放，全书所有观点都从中生发，显得高度统一、立场鲜明。虽然人类认知革命始于虚构能力的观点并非作者原创，但此书贵在一以贯之。从认知革命到想象的秩序，再到各种宗教，最后是想象的共同体，作者始终用“虚构”这个元素解释人类各个阶段的发展变化，形成完整的逻辑链条，成为本书利用大量惊人结论发动攻势之外征服读者的另一个原因。
0 有用 客兒(李泰德) 2019-04-04 14:18:24
it has been ten years, for the reappearance of my indulgence