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“But the single most remarkable and defining moment of the past 500 years came at 05:29:45 on 16 July 1945. At that precise second, American scientists detonated the first atomic bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico. From that point onward, humankind had the capability not only to change the course of history, but to end it.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“And if we also ask, ‘And how exactly did that happen?’ we will be asking about history. Not just a story, but our story, the story that we call the history of the world. Shall we begin?”
― E.H. Gombrich, A Little History of the World

“The real test of ‘knowledge’ is not whether it is true, but whether it empowers us.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“Why did it take so long for the deadly potential of this substance to be put to military use? Because it appeared at a time when neither kings, scholars, nor merchants thought that new military technology could save them or make them rich.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind