"Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war ... For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists, and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonald's than from being blown up by al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war ...
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"Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war ... For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists, and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonald's than from being blown up by al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda?"--Amazon.com.
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This is truly one of the best books I've ever read in my lifetime and I've read a lot of them and I cannot believe this author's treatment of History and his insights are just amazing and brilliant. I read the book three times and I want to read it a fourth time because it's wonderfully packed with Incredible Revelations and Truths. I'm a convert I'm a newbie I am a total fan of Yuval Noah Harari!! I cannot wait for another book from him! One real eye-opener was the fact that the Agricultural Revolution was not exactly a step forward for Humanity when we were always taught that it was and his arguments are very convincing that it was not the best thing that happened to us. I had no idea of the incredible importance of joint stock companies and their role in world history and I also think that Yuval's explanation of why it was Europe that discovered and exploited the Americas rather than any other country was also very insightful and convincing.
