People’s responses to Harari remind me very much of Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia[0]. Everyone seems to be impressed by his work until they get to their area of specialism, which is the only area they think he falls down in. I’ve had a number of conversations like this with people from different fields, all of whom think his analysis in their area was significantly flawed. It feels like he writes stuff that’s very plausible for a lay audience, but subject it to any intellectual rigour from someone who knows their stuff and it crumbles.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmn...