Unstoppable Us Part 2

All the big achievements of humankind, such as flying to the moon, were the result of cooperation between hundreds of thousands of people. - This quote is an example of what signpost?

• Numbers and Stats

• Extreme or Absolute Language

• Contrast and Contradictions

• Word Gaps

The author, Yuval Harari, claims that this is our superpower that allowed humans to cooperate in large numbers

Harari's central claim is that. . .

• Sapiens (us) conquered the world because we can cooperate in large numbers

• Neanderthals conquered the world because of their large noses

• Sapiens (us) conquered the world because we control fire

• Sapiens (us) conquered the world because of the mass extinction of large animals

This artifact was found in Stadel Cave in Germany and is evidence of what. . .

• Sapiens ability to control fire and scare lions

• That Sapiens lived in caves

• That Sapiens could invent things that don't exist in nature

• That Sapiens were skilled hunters of lions

Which Are Corporations, Which Are Not?

Groups:

(a) Corporation

,

(b) Not a Corporation

• Google

• A movie

• A Car

• Disney

• McDonald's

• My Friend Larry

• A hamburger

• United States of America

• Coca-Cola

The author, Yuval Harari makes the bold claim that corporations exist only. . .

• In our imaginations

• In America

• To provide real services

• To tell stories

"You can look at the restaurants, talk to the cooks, touch the tables, and smell the burgers. But that's not McDonald's. McDonald's isn't real in the way that a chimpanzee or a banana is real." (Harari, 58) IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH SIGNPOST?

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Extreme or Absolute Language

• Numbers or Stats

• Word Gaps

What does the author (Harari) mean by McDonald's isn't real?