humankind

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The scarcity of humankind makes those few people we do encounter gleam like ingots of gold on a sandy beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

"I like to think about it as walking through a doorway into how humankind explores the solar system going forward."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Back then, nobody could conceive of humankind being connected by machines that also facilitated our disconnection from each other.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

His restraint suits a story in which machine-kind and humankind begin to feel shrink-wrapped together, the ghosts belabored by increasing social pressure, the humans jolted by high-voltage wires.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

The Agricultural Revolution certainly enlarged the sum total of food at the disposal of humankind, but the extra food did not translate into a better diet or more leisure.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari