Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

by Yuval Noah Harari

Paperback, 513 pages

English language

Published July 29, 2017 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-78470-393-6

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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Hebrew: ההיסטוריה של המחר, English: The History of the Tomorrow) is a book written by Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari, professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The book was first published in Hebrew in 2015 by Dvir publishing; the English-language version was published in September 2016 in the United Kingdom and in February 2017 in the United States. As with its predecessor, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Harari recounts the course of history while describing events and the individual human experience, along with ethical issues in relation to his historical survey. However, Homo Deus (from Latin "Homo" meaning man or human and "Deus" meaning God) deals more with the abilities acquired by humans (Homo sapiens) throughout their existence, and their evolution as the dominant species in the world. The book describes mankind's current abilities and achievements and attempts to paint an …

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DaveNash3 reviewed Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari

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4 stars

Powerful, insightful look at the past and speculation into our future. Harari makes some bold claims but does support them. He may be writing for Elon Musk, but it's useful for all of us to see the long view of the future.
His historical interpretation is sound and that gives credibility on the future.
The idea that humans could be farmed like pigs is concerning, but I think that's the point. While we may think we'd never make such a trade off, Harari points out that past decisions were made for us collectively. With the agricultural revolution we gave up meaning for power, I think most people would not have made the trade off. The future trade off maybe submission to AI or the IoT in exchange for happiness and longevity.

Lavinia reviewed Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

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5 stars

An insightful, intelligent and witty book.
Yoval Noah Harari suggests that as science is converging on an all-encompassing dogma, which says that organisms are algorithms and life is data processing, human nature will be transformed because intelligence will be uncoupled from consciousness. The advances in sciences, more specific to neurosciences, nanotechnology and computer science, will change fundamentally the society, politics and our daily lives.