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#390 – Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies

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The Most Successful Story Ever Telled

Human cooperation is made possible by fiction and imagination, which are the basis of large-scale cooperation. These fictional stories are evident in religion, politics, and economics. Money, in particular, is a successful story that everyone believes in, even though it's just an imaginary value. This is because bankers and finance ministers are the best storytellers who convince us that a green piece of paper or electronic information is worth something.

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