I love the question that you pose in both sapiens and unstoppable us about how our history would have been different if we continue to coexist with these other species. We might feel a little less special, a little less disconnected from the rest of the planet. If there were Neanderthals in the world, I think that we would have seen completely different religious ideas. It's such an interesting thought experiment.
Yuval Noah Harari is a historian and philosopher whose books — "Sapiens," "Homo Deus," "21 Lessons for the 21st Century," and most recently "Unstoppable Us: How Humans Took Over the World" — have sold more than 40 million copies. He joins Rufus for a wide-ranging conversation about storytelling, life in the Stone Age, the future of democracy, and the threat of AI.
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