Leonid Bershidsky in Moscow Times called it 'caution - or, to call it by its proper name, cowardice', and Nettanel Slyomovics in Haaretz claimed that Harari 'is sacrificing those same liberal ideas that he presumes to represent'. The representatives of Harari admitted that this change was authorized. In particular, the chapter about post-truth begins in the Russian edition with referring to Donald Trump's speeches instead of Putin's false statements during Russian annexation of Crimea. However, the Russian media noticed that several passages about Russia and its President Putin were excluded from the translation. Gavin Jacobson in the New Statesman sees it as 'a study thick with promise and thin in import' with advice 'either too vague or too hollow to provide any meaningful guidance.' In The Times, Gerard DeGroot writes: 'The author of Sapiens is good at identifying the crises to come but his syrupy platitudes are no answer.' Russian translation Ī Russian translation of Harari's book was published in June 2019. The book has also received negative reviews. Helen Lewis review in The Guardian is not as glowing but admires 'the ambition and breadth of his work, smashing together unexpected ideas into dazzling observations.' John Thornhill in Financial Times said that 'lthough 21 Lessons is lit up by flashes of intellectual adventure and literary verve, it is probably the least illuminating of the three books' written by Harari, and that many of the observations in it feel recycled from the two others. In The New York Times, Bill Gates calls the book 'fascinating' and his author 'such a stimulating writer that even when I disagreed, I wanted to keep reading and thinking.' For Gates, Harari 'has teed up a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the 21st century.' The book had articles and reviews published by The New York Times, The Economist, Financial Times, The Guardian, New Statesman, and The Times. The rest of the critics expressed either 'positive' (22%) or 'mixed' (22%) impressions, based on a sample of nine reviews. The review aggregator website Book Marks reported that 44% of critics gave the book a 'rave' review, whilst 11% of the critics 'panned' the book. The book focuses on present-day issues and societal questions. The book consists of five parts, each containing four or five essays. It is dedicated to the author's husband, Itzik. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a book written by Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari and published in August 2018 by Spiegel & Grau in the US and by Jonathan Cape in the UK.

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