Dramatic is the story of an insignificant ape who, two million years ago, somewhere in the corner of Africa, gained consciousness, slaughtered his natural cousins and dominated the planet. The basic life parameters of humans are determined biologically, but provide amazing space. Not biology, but culture (collective belief) is the key to understanding the dramatic development of humanity. Only she allows the cooperation of a large number of people who do not know each other.
The first, cognitive revolution 70,000 years ago was followed by other startling breaks in history - the discovery of agriculture, money, social mythology, imperial society, capitalist credit and belief in the future, the discovery of science, technology and genetic engineering. History seems to have a direction - after all, trade and capitalism, science and technology, planetary communications and geopolitical consciousness have brought the world together into a global village.
"Why did Yuval Harari's SAPIENS book immediately become an international bestseller? It's simple: it answers the most fundamental questions of history and the modern world and reads in one breath. You can't break away from her! "
Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize laureate, author of The Fates of Human Societies, Collapse and The World until Yesterday
"Amazing book. I have no words. I will surely return to her over time. "
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"An original, interesting, convincing, readable, but above all incredibly complex summary of the history of contemporary man from prehistoric times to the present day, crowned by a vision of the near and distant future, which at times looks quite frightening."
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