Yuval Noah Harari did not invent Big History, but he updated it with hints of self-help and futurology, as well as a high-altitude, almost nihilistic composure about human suffering. He attached the time frame of aeons to the time frame of punditry"of now, and soon. His narrative of flux, of revolution after revolution, ended urgently, […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:33PM on February 17, 2020