Mru Belvalkar’s Reviews > Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind > Status Update

the sum total of money in the world is about $60 trillion, yet sum total of coins and banknotes is less than $6 trillion. more than 90% of all money (...) exists only on computer servers.

In evolutionary terms, cattle represent one of the most successful animal species ever to exist. At the same time, they are one of the most miserable animals on the planet.

so basically, so far - we bonded over story-telling, used it to bypass evolution, and ended up destroying over half of the world's megafauna. but we never "intended" to do it, note were we aware of the fact that we were doing it. question is, we're aware now, so why aren't we mending our ways?

The wagering bands of storytelling Sapiens were the most important and most destructive force the animal kingdom had ever produced.

Sociological research has shown that the maximum natural size of a group bonded by gossip is about 150 individuals.