Haven't read or listened to Sapiens. But I heard he made a good case for the fact that human flourishing stems from our ability to continually increase and/or become more efficient with our energy usage.

But yeah, what he says in the video... I mean "as a historian" he should learn the history of money before spewing BS like this. I'll bet he gets some nice fat paychecks for that kind of stuff. Disgraceful.