Sapiens and Homo Deus: The E-book Collection: A Brief History of Humankind and A Brief History of Tomorrow

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.

‘niches for imbeciles’

‘You can do many things with bayonets, but it is rather uncomfortable to sit on them.’

Of all human collective activities, the one most difficult to organise is violence.

a cynic who believes in nothing is unlikely to be greedy.

cynics don’t build empires

The imagined order is embedded in the material world.