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[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought]

Full Idea

For millenia people didn't know how to convert one type of energy into another, …and the only machine capable of performing energy conversion was the body.

Gist of Idea

For millenia people didn't know how to convert one type of energy into another

Source

Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens: brief history of humankind [2014], 17 'Intro')

Book Reference

Harari,Yuval Noah: 'Sapiens: a brief history of Humankind' [Vintage 2014], p.375


A Reaction

Hence the huge and revolutionary importance of the steam engine and the electricity generator.