Humanity’s capacity to believe fiction is our super-power
This may seem a bit off-topic, but bear with me. Yuval Harari's book "Sapiens" is brilliant. I wish I'd written it. It's stuffed full of great insights, large and small, and the writing style is crisp, clear and often witty. You can sample his thinking in this TED talk: [embed]http://www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_harari_what_explains_the_rise_of_humans?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2015-07-25&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=top_left_image#t-875718[/embed] One of Harari's most important insights is that the reason why humans rule the world, and why the fate of every other species depends on us, is our ability to believe things that aren't true. Our ability to believe that money is valuable, and that nations and gods exist is what enables us...