5 Quotes from Sapiens Trilogy
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1)Only homo sapiens can speak about the things that don't really exist, and believe six impossible things before breakfast. You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.
2)Myth and fictions accustomed people, nearly from the moment of birth, to think in certain ways, to behave in accordance with certain standards, to want certain things, and to observe certain rules.
3)Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy we must consume as many products and services as possible. If feel that somethings is missing or not quite right, then we probably need to buy a product.
4)Once a real gap in ability opens between the rich and the poor, it will become almost impossible to close it.
5)Stories serve as the foundations and pillars of human societies. As history unfolded, stories about gods, nations and corporations grew so powerful that they began to dominate objective reality.
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