Some parts are half decent, but what I can remember of the bad stuff is:
-He argues that corporations be treated as humans
-he argues against religion and then suggests that communism is a religion
-He argues all ideologies are fundamentally humanist even if he doesn’t think communism or fascism is right about the nature of humanity or what’s best for it, ignoring that malthusians and eco fash view humanity as essential negative
-the book ends arguing that it doesn’t matter what what economic system were under or whatever, what humanity mostly needs to think about is how we will mold our own species (cyborgs/conscious AI/GMO humans)
Some of the stuff about early humanity and religion is interesting, but the majority is neoliberal junk.
I didn’t read after the “corporations can be treated like humans” part. It looked like a case of terminal idealism because he said that this is the case because people collectively have come to give corporations some privileges that humans have. Completely ignores the fact that the main benefactors of corporations are the ones writing the laws which call for this which are then enforced via the judicial system and the police. “Bestselling” books are rife with this kind of garbage.
Im not sure if it can top the other ones on here, but Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
How bad is it? My sister gifted it to me some time ago, but I’m yet to actually read the bloody thing
Some parts are half decent, but what I can remember of the bad stuff is:
-He argues that corporations be treated as humans
-he argues against religion and then suggests that communism is a religion
-He argues all ideologies are fundamentally humanist even if he doesn’t think communism or fascism is right about the nature of humanity or what’s best for it, ignoring that malthusians and eco fash view humanity as essential negative
-the book ends arguing that it doesn’t matter what what economic system were under or whatever, what humanity mostly needs to think about is how we will mold our own species (cyborgs/conscious AI/GMO humans)
Some of the stuff about early humanity and religion is interesting, but the majority is neoliberal junk.
I didn’t read after the “corporations can be treated like humans” part. It looked like a case of terminal idealism because he said that this is the case because people collectively have come to give corporations some privileges that humans have. Completely ignores the fact that the main benefactors of corporations are the ones writing the laws which call for this which are then enforced via the judicial system and the police. “Bestselling” books are rife with this kind of garbage.
Hooooo booy. Well that explains the popularity of the book. Thanks!