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Why Humans Run the World | Yuval Noah Harari | TED Talk
    #21989533 - 07/24/15 10:42 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Humans took over the world through mass cooperation, and by inventing things that are not objective realities, total works of fiction (like religion, gods, money, human rights, corporations, etc.) that only exist in the human imagination, we are successful because we make up fictional stories and believe them. This is a unique feature only found in humans.



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Re: Why Humans Run the World | Yuval Noah Harari | TED Talk [Re: Confucian]
    #21991523 - 07/24/15 05:51 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Premise sounds dubious.  Humans "run the world"?  How is that conclusion reached?  Human run human affairs and interact with other species... But to "run the world" sounds over the top.  Also, labeling mental and societal constructs as "fiction" is ridiculous.  Money is not fiction, nor is it fact.  Fact or fiction doesn't apply to money.  Money has tangible physical components (cash and coins), it has virtual components (digits on computers) and it has conceptual components (the system invented to facilitate trade).  Its an invention and an invention can't be fiction.  Finally, how do we know that concepts like these exist only in humans?  That is a bold claim.


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