“You couldn’t have established a communist regime in sixteenth-century Russia, because communism necessitates the concentration of information and resources in one hub.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“History is often shaped by small groups of forward-looking innovators rather than by the backward-looking masses.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“I don’t choose my desires. I only feel them, and act accordingly.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“If you want to make people believe in imaginary entities such as gods and nations, you should make them sacrifice something valuable.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“But the million-dollar question is not whether parrots and humans can act upon their inner desires – the question is whether they can choose their desires in the first place.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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