I would not be surprised if both these books are referring to the same thing, from similar sources just using different ways to describe the same concept. I ha

I would not be surprised if both these books are referring to the same thing, from similar sources just using different ways to describe the same concept. I have watched a talk by Yuval Noah Harari, and read a few blog posts about his idea of “fictions”. I have not read the book so I stand to be corrected. comments below are related to “fiction”. This is a foundation of his thesis. The concept of “fiction” as described in the Talk(and book?) appears to have a long history, but called by different names. I have traced some of this thinking to early 1900’s, which itself appears to based on work from the 1700’s, and maybe even further back. It seems to be a common idea made palatable for mass consumption.