Wishing all readers a very happy Chinese New Year! Happy CNY, Huat Ah! Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari was a book published in 2014 that became a New York Times Bestseller and has been translated into 30 more languages. I have read the book twice and found it intriguing enough to discuss it here as some of the concepts were not just refreshing but relevant to investing. The author Harari cited that the inspiration for his book came from Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, which was also a New York Times Bestseller which I had also read and was also another eye-opening book for those interested in the history of the human species.

Both books talked about how humans managed to achieve what we achieve today looking back in time from the Stone Age, exploring social cooperation, the advent ...