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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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I was not overly impressed with the first section, but ultimately quite enjoyed this book. A good one for pondering
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It is a cold hard look at how our collective imaginings shape our ideas of the world and ourselves, and how those same collective myths allowed us to become Numero Uno unrivaled masters of the Earth for better or worse.

Part history, part sociology, part anthropology, part biology and all mind blowing.

I am a slow reader by nature, and this book really put my stick-to-it-ness to the test as it defied any attempt to parse quickly. It is the new record holder for the book that took me the longest
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