I think not a day goes by when I see a bird flying high or a squirrel running under foot. And I say to myself, they don't need shopping centers or cars or supply chains. This is really what makes us so special, that we can cooperate in these large trade networks and the socioeconomic... Special or vulnerable, right? Absolutely. We are very ... We are extremely powerful, and we are extremely fragile at one at the same time.
How did humans come to create society? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Yuval Noah Harari, historian and author of “Sapiens” & “Unstoppable Us,” discuss our species’ ability to cooperate, the role of artificial intelligence, and more.
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