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    Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

    By Yuval Noah Harari

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    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 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9780062663177
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    Yuval Noah Harari

    Prof. Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling historian and philosopher, is considered one of the world’s most influential intellectuals today. His popular books—including Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind; Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow; 21 Lessons for the 21st Century; and the series Sapiens: A Graphic History and Unstoppable Us—have sold more than 45 million copies in 65 languages. Harari co-founded Sapienship, a social impact company with projects in the fields of education and storytelling, whose main goal is to focus the public conversation on the most important global challenges facing the world today. Harari has a PhD in history from the University of Oxford and currently lectures in the department of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 

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    • 5/5
      Thanks for all the thoughts and insights in this book, you come out formed and informed. The value of a good reading.
    • 5/5
      After sapiens, I thought this would be somewhat a money grab. Boy was I wrong. This was something else. His mind is incredible, his style is different, he is very smart and intelligent at the same time. I really think his books are way more deeper and smarter than any other philosophical writings in history.
    • 5/5
      very well written!! Must read to build perspective about yourself (as an organism, as a stream of consciousness, or as an insignificant "in"dividual)!!
    • 5/5
      I'm very grateful to read this book. Very informative and knowledge sharing things. Thanks to Author Yuval Noah Harari to give us such a wonderful book.