History Of Humankind - Yuval N... - Sapiens- A Brief

In the final chapters, Harari abandons history to become a philosopher. After 400 pages of explaining how we got here, he asks:

In one of the book’s most controversial chapters, Harari argues that the Agricultural Revolution was "history’s biggest fraud." While it allowed the human population to explode, it forced individuals into harder lives of backbreaking labor, poorer diets, and social hierarchies. He suggests that we didn't domesticate wheat; rather, wheat domesticated us, forcing us to settle in one place and defend our crops. 3. The Scientific Revolution (c. 500 years ago) Sapiens- A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval N...