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It is unlikely that humankind can deal with these challenges without global cooperation. It remains to be seen how such cooperation could be secured. Perhaps global cooperation can only be secured through violent clashes and the imposition of a new conquering empire. Perhaps humans could find a more peaceful way to unite. For 2,500 years since Cyrus the Great, numerous empires have promised to build a universal political order for the benefit of all humans. They all lied, and they all failed. No empire was truly universal, and no empire really served the benefit of all humans. Will a future empire do better?
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Before the Agricultural Revolution, the human population of the entire planet was smaller than that of today’s Cairo.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
The reasons for the failure of these states are varied, but one common characteristic leaps out: they are all politically and economically introverted.
How Asia Works
Joe Studwell
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