"�...you don’t bring children into the world to have them shot.�

“Perhaps that was mistaken of me—every-one ought to be interested in politics. If we all had been, then maybe the Nazis wouldn’t have got their hands on power; that’s what my Walter always said.�"

"Going into this book, the first few sections were really interesting, especially how Harari describes our uniqueness and similarities from other primates at the time (Neanderthals) and how this propelled Sapiens to become the dominant species. Having said this later sections on this book do not recapitulate this sense. The scope on this book is impressive but ultimately leaves questionable chapters. Feels like as the book goes on there are more phrases like: 'All Scholars say' 'throughout most of history' etc which they are followed by grand sweeping statements that cannot be verified or aren't referenced enough. The most egregious example of this would be: 'Biologists hold that our mental and emotional world is governed by biochemical mechanisms [...] subjective well being is not determined by external parameters such as salary, social relations or political rights. This book becomes filled with a litany of strawmen arguments, reductionist statements and dubious facts. Having said all that I think Harari's viewpoint is summarised nicely with one way he justifies scientific advancement in spite of ethical quandaries. He goes onto justify that we should clone Neanderthals back into existence as 'industrialists would be glad to pay one Neanderthals to do the menial work of two sapiens' **for context Harari builds upon that sapiens have been so successful due to the rise of capitalism**"

"“It occurred to me that somehow I’d go through another Sunday, that Mother now was buried, and tomorrow I’d be going back to work as usual. Really, nothing in my life had changed.�



“Often and often I blame myself for not having given more attention to accounts of public executions. One should always take an interest in such matters.�

“For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration.�"