45 pages 1 hour read

Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

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Essay Topics

1.

Which of the global challenges described in Part 1 of the book is the most dangerous or concerning in your view? Why?

2.

Why are people losing faith in the liberal story? What evidence does Harari present for this position? Do you find his argument convincing? Why, or why not?

3.

Harari argues that “data will eclipse both land and machinery as the most important [economic] asset, and politics will be a struggle to control the flow of data” (77). Do you find this argument convincing?

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