I really appreciate short books, so I picked up Harari's latest Money.It was a little misleading, as the first third was about the history and importance of money but it turned into a discussion on the concerns of artificial intelligence excerpted from Harari's latest book Homo Deus.Harari's an exceptionally lucid writer, but his arguments aren't as good as his writing.

This book contains the extract from Yuval's two popular creations Sapiens and Homo Deus. Though I had read Sapiens, I did not mind going through that section again. The book is divided into two parts. The first talks about the origin of the concept of money and how it shaped the development of human race and the second talks about about individualism in 21st century.It is the second part which is very riveting and it shakes you up to the very core. Author has very bluntly and rationally argued h...

1* as this book is a summary based on the author’s other 2 great books, Homo Sapiens and Homo Deus, but doesn’t come with much novelty. My bad, indeed, I didn’t do my research homework. Also, the book starts with a history of money and credit and then switches to a totally different subject, AI domination and superhumans vs mere mortals. However, reading the book it confirmed me once more that Harari’s writing style and his clarity when explaining rather complicated concepts is just amazing. I w...

The book has two parts: Part 1 is about money, instructional, informative. Part 2 is about liberalism and what the future would bring with the rise of technology and automation. This section is thought-provoking. The author has great examples and valid arguments; however misses a “moral”/“ethical” perspective.

This book is an excerpt from the two books - Sapiens and Homodeus by the same author. These books have been in my To Read list from a while now. I am glad I found this excellent summary from the two books. The first part explains about money, currency, trade and the importance of trust in trading / money marker. The second part mentions the capitalism and its global impact and it has the potential of driving the humans out of all the business and be replaced by smart and intelligent machines.

While the entire premise is interesting and so is all the history of money, his fatalism just annoyed me on a personal level. So the latter half of the book was just trying to wade through how we are doomed due to AI which overshadowed the actual interesting information that was that was contained in the narrative.

Money, perhaps a most singular invention of human history that drove the evolution of the man kind and its pursuits like nothing else. It is one such cornerstone that decided the turn of the wheel for human history, its scientific thoughts& action forever. The inundating landscape of boundaries and nations, the rise and fall of rulers have been throttled by the flow of economy fueled by Money. Unlike most books on economy, this is not written for economists, rather for those like me who never un...

Although this book is called "Money", in its essence, it's another take by Yuval Harari to question what kind of a world is a post-liberal one?However hard it may be to conceptualize it for a common mortal like me, Harari does it with ease, as his superb level of generalization keeps zooming out where you thought is the end of the big picture. What endangers the critical alliance between liberalism and capitalism? If modern era is the era of masses and protecting human rights and liberties were

** Books 40 - 2019 **This books to accomplish Tsundoku Books Challenge 20194 of 5 stars! OMG! This books is so freaking lit! I haven't studied Macro economics by Gregory Mankiw as fun as this books! This books gives brief explanation about Money, Economics and also Capitalism. I just love how Yuval Noah Harari giving some historical fact to support his explanation. Seriously after this i am rethinking to buy another his works such as Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief H...

Another good book from Prof. Yuval Noah Harari. However the second half of the book is more like the Homo Deus book than talking about money. Still, it is worth your time.

The core ideas of Mr. Harari from his two books Homodeus and Sapiens cramped together for a tremendous read. He brings out the power of economics . And if we r able to understand this power we will be able to understand history and solve a few puzzles . The ideas like the the fall and rise of empires can be very well linked to the pattern of economics . In this book the author just jumps from the past where he was talking of money and it's power to future where he talks of technology and this ch...

What starts as a look into the history and necessity of money for human progress up to this point in time soon turns into a look at 3 possible futures all as bleak as the next. I can't wait for my life to be even more meaningless than it already is.

Did you guys know that the first concept of money being used as a medium of exchange in history was in 3000 BC? It was called barley money. Everything was measured against barley in silas(1 litre cups). From there we went on to silver shekels and then to the Lydian coins, Roman gold coins and currently there are heap of currencies flowing around the world. There's a quite interesting fact about money. It is the only universal religion in the world. Everyone believes in it. Everyone professes its...

Interesting content with a strong, detailed first half of the book that explores 'money'. However, the second half moves off the topic and strays into thoughtful discussions on libertarianism and the future of work, but seems to forget about the 'money' theme.

Excellent Read. Though an extract from his 2 celebrated books, it has nice fluency. The first part deals with money as we know it but it’s the second part which grips you and shakes you up. Harari sets you thinking about the future of individualism and fabric of societies. It leaves you with an uneasiness about the world you would leave behind.

This is kind of a prolonged summary on a subject about money, mentioned in both Sapiens and Homo Deus. I found it interesting, it explains how money appeared, how the currencies changed, and why it is the ultimate leader in our lives. If you’re into money(I mean who’s not), this one is worth reading.

This books belongs to one of my all-time favorite genres: Thought-provoking, perspective-changing books. It's very short, about 120 pages or so and I'm almost done with it. I was reading it on a flight from Rekjavik to Seattle. Anyway, there's excerpts from other books of his in here. I didn't mind that, but if you've read other books by him you may notice some repetition. I do not agree with his point of view when it comes to AI and what it means for humanity. I believe there's a tad of fear mo...

A selection of ideas mentioned in his previous books, “Money” definitely is worth your attention. The first part of the book recounts the history of money, it’s history and structure. From simple facts, dates and years, to a quite complex description, Yuval lays out the hole anatomy of funds. Why do people believe in the contemporary economy? Why did they shift from trading rice for apples, to exchanging houses for some bags of metallic coins? The answers for these questions are easy, and we can...

Money first starts just as something to exchange stuff then create industrial revolution and creation of wealth meaning instead of capital and increase in the cake size was because of it and everybody which get advantage of it.Robots and algorithms which in future get control of our lives...liberalism which has been created 2 centuries ago and is condemned to die in the near future...The story of the colonization in different parts of the world and many other things