How do you tell the entire history of humanity in a single book? Whatever you do, do not open a browser window.

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Sources:

A Response to Yuval Harari
Yuval Noah Harari’s History of Everyone, Ever
How Humankind Conquered the World
The revolution that wasn't
Advances In The Study Of The Origin Of Humanness
21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a banal and risible self-help book
Are Human Rights Western?
Bonaparte in Egypt
Ship of Fools
The Dangerous Populist Science of Yuval Noah Harari
A Reductionist History of Humankind
Harari, Sapiens and historical accuracy
The Broad Spectrum Revolution at 40
The Neolithic Revolution in the Middle East
Was the Agricultural Revolution a Terrible Mistake?
The Darker Side of the "Original Affluent Society"
Harari's world history
Compassion with Justice: Harari’s Assault on Human Rights
Reconsidering the link between past material culture and cognition

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