Summary and Analysis of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

The truly unique feature of our language is not its ability to transmit information about men and lions. Rather, it’s the ability to transmit information about things that do not exist at all

However, almost all scientific study requires financing. The decision on whether or not to fund a project depends on its ability to further a political, military, or economic objective. Science is therefore never pure, but reflects the ideology or religion of the society that produces it

Mastery of the rules of mathematics enables one to understand statistics, psychology, and other disciplines that require exact science

The basis of modern science is the recognition of ignorance

human history is by nature chaotic and what we call progress has not brought us any closer to happiness.

Man didn’t domesticate plants, Harari tell us: Plants domesticated man.