Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · 2011
Index
- Part One: The Cognitive Revolution
- 1. An Animal of No Significance
- 2. The Tree of Knowledge
- 3. A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve
- 4. The Flood
- Part Two: The Agricultural Revolution
- 5. History's Biggest Fraud
- 6. Building Pyramids
- 7. Memory Overload
- 8. There Is No Justice in History
- Part Three: The Unification of Humankind
- 9. The Arrow of History
- 10. The Scent of Money
- 11. Imperial Visions
- 12. The Law of Religion
- 13. The Secret of Success
- Part Four: The Scientific Revolution
- 14. The Discovery of Ignorance
- 15. The Marriage of Science and Empire
- 16. The Capitalist Creed
- 17. The Wheels of Industry
- 18. A Permanent Revolution
- 19. And They Lived Happily Ever After
- 20. The End of Homo Sapiens
Quote
"The ability to believe in fictions is what allowed Homo sapiens to dominate the world."
"The Agricultural Revolution was history's biggest fraud."