Jagadeesh

“Scientists also agree that about 70,000 years ago, Sapiens from East Africa spread into the Arabian peninsula, and from there they quickly overran the entire Eurasian landmass.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“cooperate effectively in large numbers, nor could they adapt their social behaviour to rapidly changing challenges.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“The question was one of emphasis. How much concern did we have for the people beyond our borders, and how much should we simply worry about our own citizens? How much was our fate actually tied to the fate of people abroad? To what extent should America bind itself to multilateral institutions like the United Nations, and to what extent should we go it alone in pursuit of our own interests? Should we align ourselves with authoritarian governments that help keep a lid on possible chaos—or was the smarter long-term play to champion the forces of democratic reform?”
― Barack Obama, A Promised Land

“Some scholars believe there is a direct link between the advent of cooking, the shortening of the human intestinal tract, and the growth of the human brain. Since long intestines and large brains are both massive energy consumers, it’s hard to have both. By shortening the intestines and decreasing their energy consumption, cooking inadvertently opened the way to the jumbo brains of Neanderthals and Sapiens.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind