Romanticism, which encourages variety, meshes perfectly with consumerism. - Yuval Noah Harari

The greatest crimes in modern history resulted not just from hatred and greed, but even more so from ignorance and indifference.

The wandering bands of storytelling Sapiens were the most important and most destructive force the animal kingdom had ever produced.

You might object that people were asked ‘What do you think?’ rather than ‘What do you feel?’, but this is a common misperception. Referendums and elections are always about human feelings, not about human rationality. If democracy were a matter of rational decision-making, there would be absolutely no reason to give all people equal voting rights – or perhaps any voting rights. There is ample evidence that some people are far more knowledgeable and rational than others, certainly when it comes to specific economic and political questions.