A remarkable journey from animal to divine individual
Dramatic is the story of an insignificant ape who, two million years ago, somewhere in the corner of Africa, gained consciousness, slaughtered his natural cousins and dominated the planet. The basic life parameters of humans are determined biologically, but provide amazing space. Not biology, but culture (collective belief) is the key to understanding the dramatic development of humanity. Only she allows the cooperation of a large number of people who do not know each other.
The first, cognitive revolution 70,000 years ago was followed by other startling breaks in history - the discovery of agriculture, money, social mythology, imperial society, capitalist credit and belief in the future, the discovery of science, technology and genetic engineering. History seems to have a direction - after all, trade and capitalism, science and technology, planetary communications and geopolitical consciousness have brought the world together into a global village.
