Over time, due to the agricultural and scientific revolutions, humans now have near-godlike control over their environment. The development of language gave Homo sapiens an edge over Neanderthals and other Homo species and enabled the growth of large societies. Yuval Noah Harari’s best-selling book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind laid out a sweeping view of human history starting with a “cognitive revolution” approximately 70,000 years ago. As the technological revolution displaces workers and fractures formerly shared myths, humankind needs to find new stories that preserve the human sense of meaning.Humanity has the technological capability to shape the future for better or worse.
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