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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari

Nothing in the comfortable lives of the urban middle class can approach the wild excitement and sheer joy experienced by a forager band on a successful mammoth hunt. Every new invention just puts another mile between us and the Garden of Eden.

Maybe we need some risk in our lives to feel fully alive.

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05 Dec 19 · Flag

Nikola Jankovic

Collective sports are probably as popular as they are because of this. For me, basketball twice a week, with 9 other persons, is probably closest to going to hunt the mammoth. Is this the explanation …

06 Dec 19 · Flag

Jeffrey Keeten

I used to play basketball seven days a week. I was up for any pickup game. We need something to do with all this unused testosterone. :-) Although I heard recently that coaches are finding it harder t…