Thoughts on reading Pandemic written by Yuval Noah Harari

    Today I will talk about ''PANDEMIC'' written by Yuval Noah Harari, who is a historian and author of such famous book as ''Homodeus'' and ''Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind''. This book describes his views on how humanity should confront the coronavirus crisis and what changes will emerge in the world afterward.
There are two things in this book that particularly impressed me .
    First, he strongly said that globalization is key to solve this Problem. Globalization has been seen as a part of the cause of Coronavirus pandemic, and people often claim that de-globalization is only right plan to make this situation better.
However, he said that such pandemics has occurred since long before globalization, and if anything, global cooperation has minimized the damage of epidemics like AIDS and Ebola in recent years. He has been certain that if we can cooperate with all other countries properly, we can get through this crisis. At the same time, he described its difficulties in this international context, but I won't go into that in this time.
    Second, he said that we should pay attention to politics in progress or likely to be.
Historically, in such emergencies, government often make decision dictatorially to deal with it, but its implications can be widespread for future generations.
I think the author's view was brilliant in stating that we should be wary of not only the coronavirus, but also policies that could lead to a stronger surveillance regime in the future for reasons of public safety. 
    I have more things to say about this book, but I hope you read it for yourselves and find it.

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  1. Risako Kanemitsu2020年11月1日 18:55

    I know there are many books written about covid-19, but I don't know this book. I agreed that globalization hadn't do with covid-19.

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