Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, is a narrative treatment of history, anthropology, political theory, and artificial intelligence. It’s a continuation of his ambitious style that began with Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. One of the main arguments of Nexus is that…
Author: Davood Gozli
Understanding Attachment, Love, and Parenting
Any attempt to understand human relationships leads to an exploration of attachment and the importance of parent-child bond. Though my YouTube channel has been indirectly attentive to these themes, there are a few videos where I have approached the subject. In this post, I give an overview of the material from three videos. If you’d…
My “Top 10” Books of 2024
Inspired by a friend’s tweet, I decided to reflect on what I read during 2024 and make my own list of favourite reads of the year. I’m dividing the list into fiction and nonfiction, and because I have a stronger affinity, in general, for literary fiction—in the spirit of delaying whatever offers the most gratification—let…
‘The Thibaults’ by Roger Martin du Gard: Reflections on a Masterpiece
Reading The Thibaults (Les Thibault) was one of my highlights of 2024. Published originally in serial form between 1922 and 1940, the novel tells the story of a family—their historical context, their relationships, and their movements across the private and public spheres. World War I also casts a heavy shadow over the story, but du…
Phones versus Play: What Jonathan Haidt Means by the Great Rewiring of Childhood in ‘The Anxious Generation’
In The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, Jonathan Haidt contrasts two fundamentally different ways of growing up: a play-based childhood versus a phone-based childhood. The shift from physical, open-ended play to structured, screen-driven interaction has changed how children explore the world and socialize, with significant…