Homo Deus

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Published in:: 2017
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Yet in fact modernity is a surprisingly simple deal. The entire contract can be summarised in a single phrase: humans agree to give up meaning in exchange for power.

-- Yuval Noah Harari

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In most cases, this overreaction to terrorism poses a far greater threat to our security than the terrorists themselves.

This is the paradox of historical knowledge. Knowledge that does not change behaviour is useless. But knowledge that changes behaviour quickly loses its relevance. The more data we have and the better we understand history, the faster history alters its course, and the faster our knowledge becomes outdated.

-- Yuval Noah Harari

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The most common reaction of the human mind to achievement is not satisfaction, but craving for more.