So I came upon the book Sapiens when I was sitting in a long distance flight and spoke with the early 20s student of sedimentology about the book he was reading.

He was immensely impressed with it and would suggest to read it, so a while later I did. About him a bit more, though. He was studying in a city of huge wealth and income disparities, with a fair share of imperialism and colonialist as well as racist history (of which his family want quite the party that was hit with a stick). He was pro LGBT, though a bit bro like on the flight, slightly xenophobe, for more democracy and participating. Self identified left, supporting the former socialist / communist / revolutionary governing party of his country (which whites don't do in his sways).

When I started reading the book I often thought parts sounded like good stories, but for together as teachers sometimes try to make you believe a point. They are lying for kids, hiding how arguments come to being and how strong they ought to be taken. Their historical elements with other words are removed.

Often I had the feeling there was an idealist notion that frames things from the view of it happened this its right. Nothing revolutionary but a lot of demobilisation going on.