Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow / Yuval Noah Harari

By:

Harari, Yuval Noah

Language: English Publication details: London : Harvill Secker, 2015.Description: 439 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 24 cmISBN:

9781910701881

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DDC classification:

23 909.83

Contents:

The new human agenda -- Part I. Homo sapiens conquers the world -- The Anthropocene -- The human spark -- Part II. Homo sapiens gives meaning to the world -- The storytellers -- The odd couple -- The modern covenant -- The humanist revolution -- Part III. Homo sapiens loses control -- The time bomb in the laboratory -- The great decoupling -- The ocean of consciousness -- The data religion.

Summary: 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 McDonald's 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. Examines the civilized world's achievements in controlling famine, disease, and war while making provocative predictions about the evolutionary goals of the twenty-first century

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The new human agenda --
Part I. Homo sapiens conquers the world --
The Anthropocene --
The human spark --
Part II. Homo sapiens gives meaning to the world --
The storytellers --
The odd couple --
The modern covenant --
The humanist revolution --
Part III. Homo sapiens loses control --
The time bomb in the laboratory --
The great decoupling --
The ocean of consciousness --
The data religion.

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 McDonald's 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. Examines the civilized world's achievements in controlling famine, disease, and war while making provocative predictions about the evolutionary goals of the twenty-first century

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Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow /​ Yuval Noah Harari

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