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Without Merit

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

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“History isn’t a single narrative, but thousands of alternative narratives. Whenever we choose to tell one, we are also choosing to silence others. Human”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

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“People are usually afraid of change because they fear the unknown. But the single greatest constant of history is that everything changes.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

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“Bust most experts think on a timescale of academic grants and college jobs. Hence, 'very far away' may mean twenty years, 'never' may denote no more than fifty”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

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“At present, more than 90 per cent of the large animals of the world (i.e. those weighing more than a few kilograms) are either humans or domesticated animals.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

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“[Many people] are happy to follow the advice of their smartphones or to take whatever drug the doctor prescribes, but when they hear of upgraded superhumans, they say: 'I hope, I will be dead before that happens”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

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