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“Biologically, there is actually no such thing as race – nothing in terms of skin colour, facial features, hair type, bone structure, or anything else that is a defining quality among peoples. And yet look how many people have been enslaved or hated or lynched or deprived of fundamental rights through history because of the colour of their skin.”
― Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants

“Most of the best technology that exists on Earth is right here inside us. And everybody takes it almost completely for granted.”
― Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants

“Having so recently been one of the underdogs of the savannah, we are full of fears and anxieties over our position, which makes us doubly cruel and dangerous. Many historical calamities, from deadly wars to ecological catastrophes, have resulted from this over-hasty jump.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“It’s not our kind of story. We like to see underdogs win. But there is no justice in history.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind