Sapiens

Sapiens is a witty, humorous book which nudges you to think in myriad ways. It takes you on a Rollercoaster ride of the history of Sapiens, including the good, bad and ugly.

Some chapters compelled me to see the ‘other side of the story’, some chapters demystified incidents as we know it, some were just a tight slap on humanity in the garb of fun+facts.

An excellent read, and interestingly the main tone of the book is ‘she’.

The Animal that Became God-

Homo Sapiens has transformed itself from an insignificant animal to the master of the entire Planet and the terror of the ecosystem.

An excerpt from the book 'Sapiens' :
We have advanced from canoes to galleys to steamships to space shuttles - but nobody knows where we're going. We are more powerful than ever before, but have very little idea what to do with that power. Worse still, humans seem to be more irresponsible than ever. Self-made gods with only the laws pf physics to keep us company, we are accountable to no one.
We are consequently wrecking havoc on our fellow animals and on the surrounding ecosystem, seeking little more than our own comfort and amusement, yet never finding satisfaction.

The book ends with a brilliant, thought-provoking line-
"Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don't know what they want?"

The Human Enhancement Question being - What do we want to become?