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“During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as humanism gained increasing social credibility and political power, it sprouted two very different offshoots: socialist humanism, which encompassed a plethora of socialist and communist movements, and evolutionary humanism, whose most famous advocates were the Nazis. Both offshoots agreed with liberalism that human experience is the ultimate source of meaning and authority.”
Yuval Noah Harari“In the past, censorship worked by blocking the flow of information. In the 21st century, censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant information. People just don't know what to pay attention to, and they often spend their time investigating and debating side issues.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow“Whereas the Agricultural Revolution gave rise to theist religions, the Scientific Revolution gave birth to humanist religions, in which humans replaced gods.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow“science says that nobody is ever made happy by getting a promotion, winning the lottery or even finding true love. People are made happy by one thing and one thing only - pleasant sensations in their bodies”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow“Sapiens don’t behave according to a cold mathematical logic, but rather according to a warm social logic. We are ruled by emotions.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow“Rather, when famine, plague or war break out of our control, we feel that somebody must have screwed up, we set up a commission of inquiry, and promise ourselves that next time we’ll do better.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow“Healing is the initial justification for every upgrade.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow“fantasy gives meaning to the suffering.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow“the crucial factor in ourconquest of the world was our ability to connect many humans to one another.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow“Famine, plague and war will probably continue to claim millions of victims in the coming decades. Yet they are no longer unavoidable tragedies beyond the understanding and control of a helpless humanity.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow