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84. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life Is Meaningless and Amazing

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Neanderts and the Catholic Church

"It's still surprising to me that people have that much creativity," he says. "You can push in the direction of saying, nonanana, no. Neanderts also had souls." But this is a 'slippery slope' as you move further back in the evolutionary story and into other species - like dogs or chimpanzees. In economics there is a short chapter on how money is just an idea based on trust between people.

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