21 Lessons for 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari (Second Part)
Took up Part I of 21 Lessons in the previous blog . Now, we take up the Part II of the book which tackles Political Challenge by discussing Community, Civilization, Nationalism, Religion and Immigration. Community. Humans have bodies, so there is a big challenge for maintaining the separate lines between the online vs offline communities because there might come a time when tech giants might manipulate our entire bodies in the same way they currently manipulate our eyes, fingers and credit cards. Civilization. Whatever changes await us in the future, they are likely to involve a fraternal struggle within a single civilization rather than a clash between alien civilization. Though humankind is very far from constituting a harmonious community, we are all members of a single rowdy global civilization. Nationalism. Nationalistic Isolation seems not to be the answer since g...