Yuval Noah Harari’s book, Sapiens: a brief history of humankind , was a best seller when it was originally published in Hebrew in Israel. The English version is released in hardbound form. I’m waiting for the paperback edition and will definitely get hold of one as soon as it is available. Why? Harari’s ideas are revolutionary, radical and tickling. Let me focus on one of the main themes. How did man come to dominate the earth though there were many other more powerful animals on the earth? As I gather from an article which introduced me to Harari’s book, man created stories which in turn created an immense sense of cooperation among people. Let us understand that better. The other animals don’t create stories. Man creates stories about many things like gods, nations, money, human rights, etc. These are all imaginary entities given reality to by man’s stories. What does the thousand rupee note actually mean without the support of the story created by people a
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