“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
― The Trial
― The Trial
“History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“People are usually afraid of change because they fear the unknown. But the single greatest constant of history is that everything changes.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“I believe the transformative moment that gave rise to the genus Homo, one of the great transitions in the history of life, stemmed from the control of fire and the advent of cooked meals.”
― Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
― Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
“We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.”
― The Selfish Gene
― The Selfish Gene
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