Quotes by Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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We believe in a particular order not because it is objectively true, but because believing in it enables us to cooperate — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Consistency is the playground of dull minds — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
So why study history? Unlike physics or economics, history is not a means for making accurate predictions. We study hist — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Money is the apogee of human tolerance. Money is more open-minded than language, state laws, cultural codes, religious b — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Why is English so widespread today, and not Danish? — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Patriarchy has been the normal in almost all agricultural and industrial societies. ...If patriarchy in Afro-Asia result — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination. — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The currency of evolution is neither hunger nor pain, but rather copies of DNA helixes — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Buddhism does not deny the existence of gods—they are described as powerful beings who can bring rains and victories—but — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Romantic literature often presents the individual as somebody caught in a struggle against the state and the market. Not — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
That spectacular leap from the middle to the top had enormous consequences.Other animals at the top of the pyramid, such — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Archaic humans paid for their large brains in two ways. Firstly, they spentmore time in search of food. Secondly, their — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
As far as we can tell from a purely scientific viewpoint, human life has absolutely no meaning. Humans are the outcome o — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind