Inventing Society with Yuval Noah Harari
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How Humans Take Over the World
As a historian, I think that who we are is shaped to a large extent by history. If you go all the way down to your basic emotions, so if you wake up in the middle of the night, afraid of a monster under the bed, this is actually a historical memory from millions of years ago. So understanding who we are from the games we play and the food we eat down to our emotions and feelings, this is really understanding history. Now, it's kind of broadening the horizons. And basically, kids want to understand who they are.
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