Sapiens

We are more powerful than ever before, but have very little idea what to do with all that power. Worse still, humans seem to be more irresponsible than ever. Self-made gods with only the laws of physics to keep us company, we are accountable to no one. We are consequently wreaking havoc on our fellow animals and on the surrounding ecosystem, seeking little more than our own comfort and amusement, yet never finding satisfaction. 

Humankind ascended to the top of the food pyramid so quickly that the ecosystem was not given time to adjust. Moreover, humans themselves failed to adjust. – Yuval Noah Harari, Historian