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Sapiens – Personal Notes for Memory:
Harari's main argument is that Sapiens came to dominate the world because it is the only animal that can cooperate flexibly in large numbers. He argues that prehistoric Sapiens were a key cause of the extinction of other human species such as the Neanderthals, along with numerous other megafauna. He further argues that the ability of Sapiens to cooperate in large numbers arises from its unique capacity to believe in things existing purely in the imagination, s ...more
Started the first few chapters and were very interesting. In Part two of the book the author started in the agricultural versus the hunter-gatherer period. The author looks at the viewpoint of the heard instead of the Sapiens. The author states how much suffering the herded animal went through when it was domesticated, rather than how successful the Sapiens were. Yuval also states how it was a travesty to go from Hunter gather to an agricultural civilization.
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