Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets.

Evolution moulded our minds and bodies to the life of hunter-gatherers. The transition first to agriculture and then to industry has condemned us to living unnatural lives that cannot give full expression to our inherent inclinations and instincts, and therefore cannot satisfy our deepest yearnings.