Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

The human collective knows far more today than did the ancient bands. But at the individual level, ancient foragers were the most knowledgeable and skilful people in history.

I often think about the skill set that my father has that I don't. Through necessity, growing up on a farm, he had to learn how to fix nearly everything. Something breaks for me, I call a specialist.