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Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 1: The Birth of Humankind (SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY, 1)

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Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Sapiens: A Graphic History. His books have soldover35million copies in 65 languages, and he is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today. The Guardian hascredited Sapienswith revolutionizing the non-fiction market and popularizing “brainy books”. But what they do know is that homo sapiens have always impacted the areas they enter on a biological, ecological and geographic level. Where humans tread, other species die.

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Sapiens: A Graphic History is an epic, radical adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s bestselling book into a graphic novel series; bursting with wit, humor, pop culture references and colourful illustrations. Harari (as co-writer) has teamed up with renowned comics artists, David Vandermeulen (co-writer) and Daniel Casanave (illustrator), to retell the story of humankind in a way that will captivate all adults and young adults – including those who don’t usually read science and history books. Saya perlu memberi kredit pada penerjemah dan penyunting buku ini, Damaring Tyas W. Palar dan Andya Primanda. Salah satu judul bab dalam buku ini, "maestro fiksi", yang kemudian menjadi bab favorit saya, menjadi amat jenius menurut saya karena penggunaan kata "maestro" dibanding menerjemahkan langsung dari bahasa inggrisnya, "master of fiction". Kata 'maestro' dalam KBBI berarti 'orang yang ahli dalam bidang seni', dan buat saya pribadi memberi makna 'pencipta'. Ditambah dengan 'fiksi', menandakan sapiens sebagai ahli dan pencipta dari hasil karya berupa 'fiksi' yang dianggap seni oleh tim penerjemah. The illustrations are A-grade, no doubts about that. I never thought an intense book such as Sapiens could be represented so interactively. But mainly because of the rich variety of characters, the illustrations add a pizzazz to the book.What if humanity’s major woes—war, plague, famine and inequality—originated 12,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens converted from nomads to settlers, in pursuit of the fantasy of productivity and efficiency? What if by seeking to control plants and animals, humans ended up being controlled by kings, priests, and Kafkaesque bureaucracy? Volume 2 of Sapiens: A Graphic History – The Pillars of Civilization explores a crucial chapter in human development: the Agricultural Revolution. This is the story of how wheat took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, plague, famine, and inequality became an intractable feature of the human condition. How early societies tended to measure "success" in terms of quantitative output, rather than qualitative experience, which has clear parallels in modern economics. "The discrepancy between evolutionary "success" and individual suffering may well be the most important lesson we can learn from the agricultural revolution." (p.61)- The "luxury trap": the phenomenon whereby achieving goals and sufficiency often doesn't produce happiness and satisfaction, but instead an expectation and want for more. Hallpike, C. R. A Response to Yuval Harari's 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind', New English Review, December 2017.

Sapiens Graphic Novel: Volume 1 by David Vandermeulen - Goodreads Sapiens Graphic Novel: Volume 1 by David Vandermeulen - Goodreads

Harari's main argument is that Sapiens came to dominate the world because it is the only animal that can cooperate flexibly in large numbers. He argues that prehistoric Sapiens were a key cause of the extinction of other human species such as the Neanderthals and numerous other megafauna. He further argues that the ability of Sapiens to cooperate in large numbers arises from its unique capacity to believe in things existing purely in the imagination, such as gods, nations, money and human rights. He argues that these beliefs give rise to discrimination – whether racial, sexual or political – and it is potentially impossible to have a completely unbiased society. Harari claims that all large-scale human cooperation systems – including religions, political structures, trade networks and legal institutions – owe their emergence to Sapiens' distinctive cognitive capacity for fiction. [4] Accordingly, Harari describes money as a system of mutual trust and political and economic systems as similar to religions.Carey, John. "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 2021-06-20. Shortly before the pandemic, I read Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. It's not an exaggeration to say I've thought of it every day since. Curtis Sittenfeld, Guardian

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