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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.