“ In the past, censorship worked by blocking the flow of information. In the 21st century, censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant information. People just don't know what to pay attention t… Yuval Noah Harari
“ Archaic humans paid for their large brains in two ways. Firstly, they spentmore time in search of food. Secondly, their muscles atrophied. Like a governmentdiverting money from defence to education, h… Yuval Noah Harari
“ That spectacular leap from the middle to the top had enormous consequences.Other animals at the top of the pyramid, such as lions and sharks, evolved intothat position very gradually, over millions of… Yuval Noah Harari
“ This is the fly in the ointment of free-market capitalism. It cannot ensure that profits are gained in a fair way, or distributed in a fair manner. On the contrary, the craving to increase profits and… Yuval Noah Harari
“ Paradise, the capitalists promise, is right around the corner. True, mistakes have been made such as the Atlantic slave trade and the exploitation of the European working class, but we have learned ou… Yuval Noah Harari
“ Buddhism does not deny the existence of gods—they are described as powerful beings who can bring rains and victories—but they have no influence on the law that suffering arises from craving. If the mi… Yuval Noah Harari
“ Science says that nobody is ever made happy by getting a promotion, winning the lottery or even finding true love. People are made happy by one thing and one thing only - pleasant sensations in their… Yuval Noah Harari
“ Many call this process 'the destruction of nature.' But it's not really destruction, it's change. Nature cannot be destroyed. Yuval Noah Harari
“ As far as we can tell, from a purely scientific viewpoint, human life has absolutely no meaning. Humans are the outcome of blind evolutionary processes that operate without goal or purpose. Our action… Yuval Noah Harari
“ The currency of evolution is neither hunger nor pain, but rather copies of DNA helixes Yuval Noah Harari
“ Sapiens don’t behave according to a cold mathematical logic, but rather according to a warm social logic. We are ruled by emotions. Yuval Noah Harari
“ There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination. Yuval Noah Harari
“ How can we distinguish what is biologically determined from what people merely try to justify through biological myths? A good rule of thumb is ‘Biology enables, Culture forbids.’ Biology is willing t… Yuval Noah Harari
“ Money is the apogee of human tolerance. Money is more open-minded than language, state laws, cultural codes, religious beliefs and social habits. Money is the only trust system created by humans that… Yuval Noah Harari
“ Fiction isn't bad. It is vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function. We can't play football unless everyone believe… Yuval Noah Harari
“ The crucial factor in ourconquest of the world was our ability to connect many humans to one another. Yuval Noah Harari
“ After all, when ‘the Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become’ He resolved to ‘wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created – and with them the animals, the bird… Yuval Noah Harari
