by Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Harari The full title is important. Covering the entire history of the human species in a single book is ambitious and can’t be done if you spent too much time in one spot, chronologically. But this isn’t just a history book. It’s also a book filled with opinions that often seem stated in order to provoke controversy or at least discussion. Some examples: ecological destruction is the human way there must be a reason for male dominated cultures, but the 20th and early 21st century women’s rights movements and accomplishments blew every theory out of the water communism, capitalism, and so…