Yuval Noah Harari's books | FRAGMENTS

    

 "So, monotheism explains order, but is mystified by evil. Dualism explains evil, but is puzzled by order. There is one logical way of solving the riddle: to argue that there is a single omnipotent God who created the entire universe - and He's evil. But nobody in history has had the stomach for such a belief." - "Sapiens"(The Law of  Religion, 246)

    "If I am depressed, a liberal therapist is likely to blame my parents and to encourage me to set some new aims in life. If I suggest that perhaps I am depressed because I am being exploited by capitalists, and because under the prevailing social system I have no chances of realising my aims, the therapist may well say that I am projecting onto 'the socialist system' my own inner difficulties, and I am projecting onto 'the capitalists' unresolved issues with my mother." - "Homo Deus"(The Humanist Revolution, 294-295)

     "Stone Age package: On day one we will hike for ten hours in a pristine forest, setting camp for the night in a cleaning by a river. On day two we will canoe down the river for ten hours, camping on the shores of a small lake. On day three we will learn from the native people how to fish in the lake and how to find mushrooms in the nearby woods. 

     Modern proletarian package: On day one we will work for ten hours in a polluted textile factory, passing the night in a cramped apartment block. On day two we will work for ten hours as cashiers in the local department store, going back to sleep in the same apartment block. On day three we will learn from the native people how to open a bank account and fill out mortgage forms. Which package would you choose?" - "Homo Deus"(The Storytellers, 205)

   "The revolutions in biotech and infotech will give us control of the world inside us, and will enable us to engineer and manufacture life. We will learn how to design brains , extend lives, and kill thoughts at our own discretion. Nobody knows what the consequences will be. Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely. It is easier to manipulate a river by building a dam across it than it is to predict all the complex consequences this will have for the wider ecological system. Similarly, it will be easier to redirect the flow of our minds than to divine what it will do to our social systems"- "21 lessons for the 21st centuries"(Disillusionment, 7)