Have you ever wondered, from prehistoric, animal-like sapiens to the powerful human beings conquering across the globe today, what sort of revolutions occured to facilitate such dramatic changes to humanity?

And has it ever occurred to you that “there are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings”? In fact, according to this groundbreaking exploration of human history by Yuval Noah Harari, this exclusive ability to create ‘myths’ and connect through these ideas that do not physically exist, was the culprit for pushing homo sapiens to the top of the food chain today.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind was published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 and in English in 2014. It concludes the three major revolutions that shaped human history, that being the Cognitive Revolution (70,000 years ago), the Agricultural Revolution (10,000 years ago), and the Scientific Revolution (500 years ago).

Will this thought-provoking piece of work question your idea and judgement on the human race and evolution, on the way we had lived and will live? Which way of living do you think is better, forager or farmer? Harari suggests that humankind has created pity little to be proud of, do you agree?