" The French philosopher rejected the notion of the advance of civilisation. He rejected the idea–still taught in schools today–that we started out as grunting cavemen, all bashing each other’s brains in. That it was agriculture and private property that finally brought us peace, safety and prosperity. And that these gifts were eagerly embraced by our ancestors, who were tired of going hungry and fighting all the time. "
― Rutger Bregman , Humankind: A Hopeful History