I'm working my way through Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harrari. It's a brilliant melding of history, socio-political study and philosophy. Harrari has this incredibly dry wit that makes the book immensely enjoyable. He talks about the cognitive revolution, which gave us the ability to create grand unifying myths which in turn uphold our enormous complex societies. I think what I'm personally enjoying the most, is his use of science and philosophy to offer sharp indictments against the far right. It is definitely worth picking up, one of the best books I've ever read.
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Oh yeah, fair point. Maybe he was just tortured until he lost consciousness.
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