Sapiens
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What’s it about?
A provocative rethinking of human history, revealing how shared fictions—from money to nations—enabled our species to dominate the planet, while questioning whether our progress has truly made us happier.
You’ll learn
- Shared fictions enable large-scale cooperation
- Agriculture was history's biggest fraud
- Money is the most successful story ever told
- Modern humans aren't happier than foragers