Homo deus: a brief history of tomorrow
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London : Vintage, [2017].
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Book
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Revised edition.
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513 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. 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?
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English
ISBN:
9781784703936, 1784703931
Notes
General Note
First published with the title: The History of Tomorrow in Hebrew in Israel by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir in 2015.
General Note
Translation of: ha-Hisṭoryah shel ha-maḥar. 2015.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. 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?
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Translated from the Hebrew.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Harari, Y. N. (2017). Homo deus: a brief history of tomorrow. Revised edition. Vintage.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Harari, Yuval N.. 2017. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. Vintage.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Harari, Yuval N., Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. Vintage, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Harari, Yuval N.. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. Revised edition. Vintage, 2017.
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The new human agenda -- Homo sapiens conquers the world. The Anthropocene ; The human spark -- Homo sapiens gives meaning to the world. The storytellers ; The odd couple ; The modern covenant ; The humanist revolution -- Homo sapiens loses control. The time bomb in the laboratory ; The great decoupling ; The ocean of consciousness ; The data religion. | |
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