Sapiens

"History's Biggest Fraud." Humans stopped foraging and started farming.

This period gave us unprecedented power, culminating in the potential to replace natural selection with "Intelligent Design" (AI, genetic engineering). Sapiens

While it led to population growth and the rise of elites, Harari argues it made the average individual's life harder and more prone to disease and labor compared to hunter-gatherers. The Unification of Humankind: "History's Biggest Fraud

This allowed us to cooperate in large numbers (more than the ~150 natural limit for a tribe). The Agricultural Revolution (12,000 years ago): 000 years ago):