An overview of man’s development, from the first humans to current day. There were originally multiple sapiens species like Neandertal, Asian, etc. but Homo Sapiens turned out to be the sole survivor. The author places more emphasis on early man, with mostly his views and philosophy on periods like the Agricultural Revolution and the Scientific age.
He injects his view on why events turned out the way they did: for instance, he posits the Agricultural Revolution was not totally beneficial to mankind, as it trapped them into working more hours, locked them into a limited food type, and robbed them of multiple food sources.
Things like corporations and the Constitution, don’t actually exist-they’re a mindset. Human Rights don’t exist, they’re just a model to get groups of people to respond a certain way.
His definition of religion doesn’t have to necessarily center on a deity, but does require a belief in a superhuman.
Europeans were the aggressors in exploring, no other nations seemed to be interested. Instead of racism, they call it cultural differences.