Transportation is much more convenient with cars and planes. Since 500 years ago, we have had numerous technological advances. But without the ability to believe in shared beliefs, our ability to cooperate will be greatly reduced and weвЂ™ll not be where we are today. There are other factors such as intelligence and communication that contributed to humans rise to power. If tomorrow, nobody believes in the value of the dollar bills that you have or in the banking system, your savings will essentially be almost worthless. Why would anyone work for the majority of their lives to get вЂњcolored papersвЂќ or electronic payments which donвЂ™t have any intrinsic value? This is all due to our shared belief in money and the value that it has. People work in exchange for money which in todayвЂ™s age mainly refers to cash or electronic payments. The most powerful shared myths above all are perhaps money. Even though nations and corporations are shared fictions, it is the reason why my co-workers and I can cooperate to achieve a common mission and why millions of people support and cheer for the same national team. It is simply a shared fiction defined by legal documents that exist in the mind of people. What are corporations? Unlike things like bananas and refrigerators that have intrinsic value, corporations arenвЂ™t tangible things you can see or touch. This is all possible due to our ability to believe in shared myths. And billions of people are able to exchange goods and services without knowing each other. Thousands of people have worked together to achieve the vision of their corporation.В Millions of people have cooperated to fight for their country or to defend their religious beliefs.

Humans, on the other hand, can cooperate on a much larger scale and even have the ability to cooperate with complete strangers. Chimpanzees can cooperate more flexible than ants and bees but mostly with those who they know intimately. Ants and bees can cooperate in large numbers but can only do so with close relatives and in a very rigid manner. One of the most important things that set us apart from other animals is our effectiveness in cooperating in large numbers, which Yuval argues is due to our unique ability to believe in shared myths. Yuval studies how humans have evolved into the most powerful animal on earth and the impact of it. Sapiens is categorized into four parts: The Cognitive Revolution, The Agricultural Revolution, The Unification of Humankind, and The Scientific Revolution. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is an international bestseller on the history of humankind.

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