Harari — “The romantic contrast between modern industry that “destroys…”

Source: From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind — Yuval Noah Harari

Book page: harari-sapiens

From: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — Quotes

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The romantic contrast between modern industry that “destroys nature” and our ancestors who “lived in harmony with nature” is groundless. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of life.