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“This trust is the sole backing for most of the money in the world.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Consumerism has worked very hard, with the help of popular psychology (‘Just do it’) to convince people that indulgence is good for you, whereas frugality is self-oppression.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“When a venture capitalist looks for “the next big thing,” the risk of missing the next Google or Facebook is far more important than the risk of making a modest investment in a start-up that ultimately fails.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“The willingness to admit ignorance has made modern science more dynamic, supple and inquisitive than any previous tradition of knowledge.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Consumerism and nationalism work extra hours to make us imagine that millions of strangers belong to the same community as ourselves, that we all have a common past, common interests and a common future. This isn’t a lie. It’s imagination. Like money, limited liability companies and human rights, nations and consumer tribes are inter-subjective realities. They exist only in our collective imagination, yet their power is immense.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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