“Whereas religion asks us to believe in something, money asks us to believe that other people believe in something” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“We always believe in ‘the truth’; only other people believe in superstitions.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“how does one convince millions of people to believe particular stories about gods, or nations, or limited liability companies? Yet when it… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“because whereas religion asks us to believe in something, money asks us to believe that other people believe in something.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“threats and promises often succeed in creating stable human hierarchies and mass-cooperation networks, as long as people believe that they reflect the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“People who do not believe in the same god or obey the same king are more than willing to use the same… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“religion asks us to believe in something, money asks us to believe that other people believe in something.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Much of history revolves around this question: how does one convince millions of people to believe particular stories about gods, or nations,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“For similar reasons, archaic humans did not initiate any revolutions. As far as we can tell, changes in social patterns, the invention of new… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Today the main source of wealth is knowledge. And whereas you can conquer oil fields through war, you cannot acquire knowledge that way.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I think the basic thing that happened is we have lost our story. Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Whereas chimpanzees spend five hours a day chewing raw food, a single hour suffices for people eating cooked food. The advent of cooking enabled… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Whereas liberalism merged with the milder versions of nationalism to protect the unique experiences of each human community, evolutionary humanists such as Hitler identified… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Corporations, money and nations exist only in our imagination. We invented them to serve us; why do we find ourselves sacrificing our lives in… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Small children in affluent societies often dislike showering, and it takes them years of education and parental discipline to adopt this supposedly attractive custom.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Ever more scholars see cultures as a kind of mental infection or parasite, with humans as its unwitting host. Organic parasites, such as viruses,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Soviet Communism was a fanatical and missionary religion. A devout Communist could not be a Christian or a Buddhist, and was expected to spread… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Whereas religion asks us to believe in something, money asks us to believe that other people believe in something” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
