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Harari can scare the shit out of you, make you laugh, and say something profound all in the space of a single paragraph…

“A hunter-gatherer in the Stone Age knew how to make her own clothes, how to start a fire, how to hunt rabbits and how to escape lions. We think we know far more today, but as individuals, we actually know far less. We rely on the expertise of others for almost all our needs.” p. 254

“… [M]odern history has demonstrated that a society of courageous people willing to admit ignorance and raise difficult questions is usually not just more prosperous but also more peaceful than societies in which everyone must accept a single answer.” p. 242

“More than 75% of all the virgin plastics ever created are estimated to have become waste, of which about 9% has been recycled, 12% incinerated, and the remainder– about 5 billion metric tons, or around 60% of all plastics ever produced– has accumulated in landfill or in the natural environment.” p. 52

An impressively epic alt-history of the world… 🤩RTC!

Brilliant… should be finishing this up in the next day or two. RTC…