Human evolution

• After reading Harari with a cup of coffee and mild existential dread -

Alright, let’s try to write something about human evolution. Last month, I was reading Sapiens: From Humans to Gods. It’s a bold attempt to summarize the entire history of our species -how an unsociable, slightly pathetic animal managed to collaborate, dominate and eventually form societies of millions.

Here are three highlights from the chaos:

1 - From hairy Apes to Hairless Bosses

How did a bunch of nervous primates with sticks turn into overworked corporate managers with caffeine dependency and inbox anxiety?

Opposable thumbs, fire and…. team meetings?

2 - The agricultural revolution: History’s biggest Scam

Let’s stop chasing deer so we can spend our lives pulling weeds and dying of back pain

Thanks wheat. Really

A miserable plant rose to power, and here we are -kneeling before gluten

3 - Inventing stories: The original fake news

God, money, nations, companies -turn out we didn’t conquer the world with muscles, but with imagination

So next time you tell your kids “Don’t lie”, remember: lying might be our greatest evolutionary superpower