Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has … and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.
Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.
What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus.
With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.
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Revolutionary. World view-changing – if you have an open mind. Needs to be read and re-read.
One of the most thought provoking books I’ve read this year
This is a beautiful book
Thought provoking.
One of the smartest and most original thinkers of our time.
Man…. this book gives you a lot to think about. Free will, non-conscious AI’s, organisms as algorithms, just, yeah, a lot. My brain is burning. I don’t know if I should be scared or encouraged about the future. Still a fun read though.
Thought provoking speculation about where technology trends are leading the world.
tedious. It could be more concise. The material is depressing, no need to drag it out.
Not as good as Sapiens — lots of future-casting.
What are the probabilities to humanity to be successfull and dont sucumbe to herself?… we have all the tools to get to the other side of that bridge of self destruction
Difficult style to read. Often confusing time sequence
I really enjoyed reading this book and it appealed to my technical, analytical inclination. The author used a lot of data which attracted me to the book on the other hand I was put off by his firm conclusions about unproven facts. Very well written and hard to put down in spite of my reservations.
l like but l will get sacred
This book provides structure and shape to the meaning of being human and how our past will dictate our future. MUST READ
There’s a lot of speculation here. I much preferred Sapiens. He’s still a good writer and I look forward to future works.
it’s historical non-fiction, and I read it as complement to Harari’s 21 Lessons. I really don’t like where we are headed, but I can’t stop history! 😉
Crazy .if it’s all real .
Harari is an interesting writer. As usual he has an unusual view of things with an acerbic wit and somewhat dark view of humanity yet fairly optimistic. I enjoyed his Sapiens more but this is worth a read if you like unique views and excellent writing.
Yural opens our minds to the possibility of technology being our leaders start with sapiens first and then graduate to homo dues how likely science fiction has turned into reality a cautionary tale when science is used in a beneficial manner it is astounding when used to control our minds it is terrifying it is a brilliant evolution on mans developement a must read
The segment titled “The Anthropocene” is challenging reading, but it is well worth staying to the end. The book mounts some potential alternative futures for humankind, some of which will be welcome, some abhorred.