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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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the fact that humans can organise a global event is cause for celebration
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Nothing has any meaning but the meaning humans give it
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Governments invested in health and education of the population as they needed workers and soldiers im good condition
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Humans have physical and cognitive abilities. Previous innovations replaced the need for human physical ability, ai may replace human cognitive abilities
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.nationalism nationalism is a relatively recent Idea, we lived in small groups for thousands of years
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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The majority of road accidents involve alcohol,speeding or drivers not paying attention
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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as the ice caps melt they will reflect less sun so the earths temperature will rise further. We will be in a loop we cant reverse
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Political entities came and went. There was no global agreement on national anthems and flags
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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People say the car should save pedestrians buy would buy the car to save the driver
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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People created larger collectives to overcome challenges, like creating large dams to control river flow
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Present day religions and nations are a relatively recent invention
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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ancient societies did not have property so there was less inequality
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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humans lived for millions of years without religion and nations
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Concerns over health, education and welfare has encouraged nationalism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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There may be two classes - super rich elite with enhanced abilities and homo sapiens
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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The threat of nuclear war encouraged cooperation between countries
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Since the atomic bomb no superpowers have engaged in large wars
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Computers are great at connectivity and updateability.
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Controlling the media controls the publics' access to the truth. You can diver the attention of the public as you please.
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Brexiters and trump supporters reject globalisation
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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This is similar to 1984. External crisis - war & invasion, prevents people from worrying of other issues in the country
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Intuition is pattern recognition, developed through experience
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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The advancement of AI will enable computers to do cognitive jobs better than humans and ultimately replace us. This will create a large under-employed population.
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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We need 15000 litres of water to make 1 kg of beef
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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happiness is determined by our expectations
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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People's belief of absurd facts shows their loyalty
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Updates can quickly be sent across a network
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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monotheisism made people less tolerant of other religions
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Facebook wants to use ai to bring communities together
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Inequality will increase when the super rich can upgrade their biology through AI
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Democracy,capitalism and welfare
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.news Pay for your news to reduce the liklihood of it being biased
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.life many people seek to leave something behind, like children!
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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We think in stories rather than facts & numbers
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.terrorism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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Fascism, communism and liberalism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.culturism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.politics
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.immigration
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.immigration
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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terrorism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.sacrifice
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.sacrifice
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.terrorism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.terrorism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.terrorism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.democracy
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.story we think in stories
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.morality
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.fascism
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.school
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.wealth
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.brexit
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.toread
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.quote
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Peter Duffy
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Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Amazon)
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.bible
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Peter Duffy