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There was a Book titled Sapiens on Kindle. I didn't own a Kindle but I was seriously considering it. I came across this title on the app.

I Love Paperback.

But the title. It intrigued me. Nothing has been so much fascinating to me than the Stupidity albeit the Capability of the Human Race. I was not stupid enough to buy it from Kindle. I had a feeling I was going to enjoy this Book, then I forgot about it.

Last week, *Amazon's Prime day* Sale. Me and my friend, we ordered a couple of stuff including an Echo Dot and a dozen books to decorate our TV shelf in the living room. Among these, I made sure to include it.

Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind

I am writing this post just about 80 pages in.

I've never been more sad in my entire life than I was this morning. We were an accident. We are like the Horcrux Voldemort never intended. We were a misstep in Evolution. Nature didn't expect a figment of its own creation to wield such a powerful wand against it. Fellow sentients discarded us as harmless due to our weak build and serene appearances. Little did they know these fragile species would go on to destroy and drive every major species that it came across to extinction.

Even other species of it own genus.

Yup, Yes. We weren't the only Humans. Just like the felines we had sister species. It's just that we survived whatever dangers the other species of the genus Homo faced, or we were the danger they faced.

We moved to Australia - all the Megafauna dies in the next millenium. We moved to America, not Columbus, before that - same result. There were friggin sloths that were 6 meters tall. 6 METERS !!

We wiped entire species that had evolved and survived every major climate and environment. We were an anomaly. No part of nature was ready for us. The usual defences and regulators didn't apply to us. We were and are still unstoppable.

Only sea creatures were spared, because we couldn't go underwater, that is until 200 years ago. The Indusrial Revolution.

Maybe we shouldn't be here. (Not a statement, just something to ponder and think about.)

I'd recommend that every human read the book atleast once and the follow up Homo deus. That one's about where Humanity is headed. The "Future", if there is one.