Panisa’s Reviews > Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind > Status Update

Beginning in the eighteenth century, religions and ideologues such as liberalism, socialism and feminism list all interest in the afterlife. The only modern ideology that still awards death a central role is nationalism.

Nationalism as a deadly plague that spread throughout the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, causing wars, oppression, hate and genocide

The Chinese Mandate of Heaven was given by Heaven to solve the problems of humankind. The modern Mandate of Heaven will be given by humankind to solve the problems of heavens, such as the hole in the ozone layer..

Trust is the raw material from which all types of money are minted.

Had people been unable to hold contradictory beliefs and values, it would probably have been impossible to establish and maintain any human culture..... In short, we are naturally hypocrites LOL

Biology enables, culture forbids.

We believe in a particular order not because it is objectively true, but because believing in it enables us to cooperate effectively and forge a better society.

Controlversial yet thought provoking. It seems he was quick to assume life of hunter-gatherer were better than agricultural farmers, when imho the correct notion is to say we, in pursuit of better life, did not foresee disadvantages. Can say the same for digital revolution....FOMO, loneliness in crowd, and cyberbullying. Doing things in hope life will be better isn't gonna always translate into happiness.

Eye-opening