Name: Homo Deus CD
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Author: Yuval Noah Harari
ISBN: 9780062955630

Type

Physical Book

Author

Yuval Noah Harari

Read by

Derek Perkins

Publisher

Harperaudio

Year

2019

Language

English

Format

Audio CD

ISBN13

9780062955630

Synopsis "Homo Deus CD"

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.

Yuval Noah Harari

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Yuval Noah Harari (Israel, 1976) is an Israeli historian and writer, born in Kiryat Ata. He earned his PhD from the University of Oxford and is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His most famous book is Sapiens: From Animals to Gods, translated into dozens of languages and considered a global phenomenon. Other notable titles include Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Nexus. Harari has been invited to international forums and his work explores human evolution, artificial intelligence, and the future of humanity.

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