Silicon Valley’s favorite doomsayer:Yuval Noah Harari, the author ofSapiens,now defines himself as both a historian and a philosopher. He has the ear of decision-makers; he travels the world to show them PowerPoint slides depicting mountains of trash and unemployed hordes. But, like a fiery street preacher unable to recommend one faith over another, he concludes with a policy shrug. This is a profile of one of this era’s most interesting — and influential —thinkers.(The New Yorker) “Those who will control the world in the twenty-first century are those who will control data.”
How the fuck can someone digest Yuval's work and come away with the idea he his a doomsayer? That is a ridiculous characterization.