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"You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death — but you can convince a human."

— Yuval Noah Harari

You Could Never Convince A Monkey To Give You A Banana By Promising Him Limitles

You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death — but you can convince a human.

— Yuval Noah Harari
From Sapiens
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Sapiens, Chapter 2

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