These shared “myths” have enabled humans to take over the globe and have put humankind on the verge of overcoming the forces of natural selection. Sapiens summary This is my book summary of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. My notes are informal and often contain quotes from the book as well...
Yuval Noah Harari 21 Lessons for the 21st Century “Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely.” Yuval Noah Harari 21 Lessons for the 21st Century “If you are really in love with someone, you never worry about the meaning of life.” ...
In short, it’s not because humans are inherently more capable than animals; it’s because they cooperated on enormous scales. And that was made possible through the use of something Harari names “intersubjective reality.” The second part of “Homo Deus,”“Homo Sapiens gives meaning to the...
Humans also had bigger brains than most other animals. To illustrate, the average mammal of 60kg has a brain of 200 cubic centimeters. Sapiens, on the other hand, has a brain of 1,200 to 1,400 cubic centimeters, which gave it incredible cognitive power. This brain power has a high cos...