Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

Tolerance is not a Sapiens trademark.

They were too familiar to ignore, but too different to tolerate.

Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, there hasn’t been a single natural way of life for Sapiens. There are only cultural choices, from among a bewildering palette of possibilities.

if you have a why to live, you can bear almost any how.