“History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves”
― Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
― Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
“Jack duraklayıp, çevresine bakındı. Yüzünü örten boya maskesinin arkasında, utançtan da kurtulmuştu, kişiliğinin bilincinden de. Herkesle göz göze gelebiliyordu.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, Sapiens have thus been living in a dual reality. On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions; and on the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. As time went by, the imagined reality became ever more powerful, so that today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities such as the United States and Google.”
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“If poverty is not a result of lack of resources or opportunities, but of poor institutions, poor government, and toxic politics, giving money to poor countries—particularly giving money to the governments of poor countries—is likely to perpetuate and prolong poverty, not eliminate it. The”
― The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
― The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
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