We live in a multispecies world. Of the 1.7 million species of animals, insects, plants, and algae, only 5500 are mammals, and, of course, only 1 is human. In his recent book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Harari reveals: “Seventy thousand years ago, Homo sapiens was still an insignificant animal minding its own business in a corner of Africa.” Since then, he continues, “we have mastered our surroundings, increased food production, built cities, established empi