913 Quotes by Yuval Noah Harari

Large numbers of strangers can cooperate successfully by believing in common myth.

Trade cannot exist without trust, and it is very difficult to trust strangers.

Mentre nel 2010 l’obesità e le malattie connesse hanno ucciso circa 3 milioni di persone, i terroristi hanno fatto 7697 vittime in tutto il mondo, la maggior parte delle quali nei paesi in via di sviluppo. Per l’americano o l’europeo medio, la Coca-Cola costituisce una minaccia assai più letale di al-Qaida.

Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.

Whereas many people just accept the ready-made answers provided by the powers that be, spiritual seekers are not so easily satisfied. They are determined to follow the big question wherever it leads, and not just to places you know well or wish to visit.

Do you think that if you just eat enough ice cream, the accumulated pleasure could ever equal the rapture of true love?

[H]umankind ascended to the top so quickly that the ecosystem was not given time to adjust. Moreover, humans themselves failed to adjust.

[H}umankind ascended to the top so quickly that the ecosystem was not given time to adjust. Moreover, humans themselves failed to adjust.

Healing is the initial justification for every upgrade.