Abstracted from Yuval Noah Harari’s book

Chronology

• Cognitive Revolution
  • An Animal of No Significance
  • The Tree of Knowledge
    • 70,000 years ago
      • Cognitive Revolution
        • Sapiens developed new linguistic skills
          • subtlety of language
          • “gossip” theory enabled communication
            • speak about fictions
              • legends myths Gods and religion
          • unifying groups
            • Sapiens
              • About 150 is a manageable number in  a group
              • Once they have a common myth – they can cooperate and group can get to >150 enabling millions to co-operate and strive toward a common goal = “social constructs”
              • imagined reality
                • religion
                • states nationalism
                • capitalism
                •  communism
                • money
                • human rights
                • trade
              • Myths can change rapidly
                • French revolution
                  • from divine right of kings to power of the people
                • Communism
                • Nazis
            • Chimpanzees groups usually about 20 – 50
              • • • Once it gets > 100 – unstable – unmanageable
  • A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve
  • The Flood
• Agricultural Revolution
  • History’s Biggest Fraud
  • Building Pyramids
  • Memory Overload
  • There is No Justice in History
• The Unification of Humankind
  • The Arrow of History
  • The Scent of Money
  • Imperial Visions
  • The Law of Religion
  • The Secret of Success
• The Scientific Revolution
  • The Discovery of Ignorance
  • The Marriage of Science and Empire
  • The Capitalist Creed
  • The Wheels of Industry
  • A Permanent Revolution
  • And They Lived Happily Ever After
  • The End of Homo Sapiens