A bold, wide-ranging and provocative work that challenges everything we thought we knew about humanity: our thoughts, our actions, our power and our future.
100,000 years ago, at least six human species lived on Earth. Today there is only one species: homo sapiens. How did our species manage to beat other species? How did hunters become builders of cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, states and human rights and to trust money, books and laws? Why did we submit to bureaucracy, schedules and spending? And what is the world turning into?
In his book Sapiens. A Brief History of Man Yuval Noah Harari goes through the entire history of man, from the first people who walked the earth to the present day. The development of our sport has been influenced by several radical and sometimes destructive breakthroughs. How have the currents of history shaped people, society and everything around us?
