Historian Yuval Noah Harari explains the rise of humans and why we control the world. Harari believes that on an individual level we are shockingly similar to animals, especially chimpanzees. As humans, we want to believe that we are special, and look for differences to make ourselves feel superior. Harari states that because we are flexible and can cooperate in large numbers, we control the world. Harari notes that humankind are the only ones able to do this. Other animals can do one or the other, but not both. In the history of our world, all huge achievements were accomplished because of our ability to cooperate in large numbers. Although all the horrible things that have happened in history, have also happened because of this. Unlike animals,