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Summary: Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Summary: Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari by ExecutiveGrowth Summaries
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“evolution was no longer a matter of biology – it was a matter of consciousness.”
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“Money has no intrinsic value besides the mythological value we endow it with. It's a practical solution and a store of value. Even cigarettes can be used.”
ExecutiveGrowth Summaries, Summary: Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
“Where other factors divided people, money was a neutral system of trust.”
ExecutiveGrowth Summaries, Summary: Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
“The dark side of money is that the trust is in the system of money, not in human beings. Having trust tied to external objects allows us to completely sidestep irreplaceable morals and values and sell them at the price of the market.”
ExecutiveGrowth Summaries, Summary: Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari