Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
A History, Nonfiction, Philosophy book. We do not become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence....
**From the author of the global phenomenon Sapiens** ‘Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. Above all, it will make you think in ways you had not thought before.’ Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast, and SlowYuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of challenges. In Homo Deus, he examines our future with his trademark blend of science, history, philosophy and every discipline in between.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...
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This is the paradox of historical knowledge. Knowledge that does not change behaviour is useless. But knowledge that changes behaviour quickly loses its relevance. The more data we have and the better we understand history, the faster history alters its course, and the faster our knowledge becomes outdated. Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow // Yet in truth the lives of most people have meaning only within the network of stories they tell one another. Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow // We do not become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence. Rather, we become satisfied when reality matches our expectations. The bad news is that as conditions improve, expectations balloon. Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: Breve historia del maana //
The title is misleading.What this book did was to speculate about the future of horse carriages while disregarding the possibility of a car. In that respect, Harari did a pretty good job.But as far as the future goes, outside science fictions, speculating is pretty pointless. Even the best of the carriages becomes obsolete once a car... I am greatly disappointed I purchased this book.To be fair, the first few pages intrigued my interest. Narari can certainly write and capture your attention. I suspect in large part that is why this book received such high reviews on GoodReads: it is an easy book to pick-up and read.I struggled, however, with many of his claims and... A thought provoking book that presents the possibilities of the directions in which humanity is heading, I must say it is quite convincing. Some bits are pleasant and others are downright scary. Harari takes a dig on a great variety of subjects from artificial intelligence to biology from psychology to politics and so on ... I really...
