From the Archive: Yuval Noah Harari on The Story Behind Everything

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how they rebuilt everything from the ground up. So sapiens was essentially what's happened before. Like why did Homo sapiens become not only the surviving human species over Neanderthals and the other human species that existed at the same time, but why were we the only species to basically conquer the entire planet? The human superpower is really based on fiction. We are, as far as we know,

We are the only animal that can create and believe in fictional stories and all large-scale human cooperation is based on fiction. Money is probably the most successful story ever told because it's the only story everybody believes. So I have Yoval Harreri with me, who is the author of Bill Gates' favorite book, Sapiens, and one of the highest recommended books by Mark Zuckerberg, Sapiens, and also his new book, Homo Duis. Now, Yuval, I have a a million questions, but first below, thank you for coming on. It's my pleasure.

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