The global centre of power shifted to Europe only between 1750 and 1850, when Europeans... in a series of… — Yuval Noah Harari

[P]erhaps happiness is synchronising... personal delusions.. with... prevailing collective delusions.

We have... increased food production, built cities, established empires and created... trade networks. But did we decrease... suffering..? ...[M]assive increases in human power did not necessarily improve the well-being of individual Sapiens, and usually caused immense misery to other animals.

[C]ontradictions are culture’s engines, responsible for... creativity and dynamism... Just as... clashing musical notes... force... music forward.., discord in... thoughts, ideas and values compel us to think, reevaluate and criticise. Consistency is the playground of dull minds.