Both sapiens and The art of happiness were great books I've read. Sapiens made history very interesting, I loved the idea behind our species being able to believe in the concept of a Created Myth( capitalism , companies, money, socialism, religion) as the main thing that made homo sapiens thrive. The view of empires as not something bad and how they shaped our world of today and we essentially living in a global empire as well was a great point. Buddhism is truly incredible and while I don't consider myself a Buddhist I have very similar approach to life. Having a western psychologist/ researcher having conversations on topics about suffering, happiness, death, loneliness with Dalai Lama and how their separate views of the world interacted was awesome.
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