Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 9, 2018Critical review of Sapiens ht @alper https://newenglishreview.org/C_R_Hallpike/A_Response_to_Yuval_Harari%27s_%27Sapiens%3A_A_Brief_History_of_Humankind%27/…219108
Nick Pinkston @NickPinkston·Jul 12, 2021Replying to @vgr and @alperSkimmed a bit, and I think I'm fully with this dude, re: "The claim that culture is fiction is not an important insight, but is simply a perverse way of stating the obvious fact that culture is a set of shared ideas"214
Nick Pinkston @NickPinkston·Jul 12, 2021Replying to @NickPinkston @vgr and @alperAnd: "If Harari's test of reality is only what we can see, touch, or smell then mathematics, like truth, should also be a prime example of fiction."39
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 12, 2021Replying to @NickPinkston and @alperMy main use of Harari is to flip bozobit on anyone who takes him seriously.38
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr @NickPinkston and @alper…which is half of SV. The reaction to him was part of what got ne cooling off on the scene.4:15 AM · Jul 12, 20216 Likes
Nick Pinkston @NickPinkston·Jul 12, 2021Replying to @vgr and @alperTo the SV scene in general you mean?1