Why humans run the world, Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval essentially gives a high level summary of his best selling book, Sapiens. The crux is that humans are able to cooperate on a larger scale than any other animals because of the stories we can create. What is exciting about this thought is that once you realize that the things that control society today are human created fictions, you realize how much potential there is for the world to be changed. You can influence it, you can shape it - society today does not have to be the reality of tomorrow.