Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Homo sapiens means “wise man”. It’s the Latin term for our species that has developed medicine, written poetry, built skyscrapers, and walked on the Moon. It’s also the subject of the historian Yuval Noah Harari’s book which, frankly, despite all of these and other feats of skill and ingenuity, suggests that calls into question how “wise” we may be.