Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow By Yuval Noah Harari

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER
Yuval Noah Harari, an author of the critically-acclaimedNew York Timesbestseller and international phenomenonSapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanitys 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 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 Deusexplores 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 isHomo Deus.
With the same insight and clarity that madeSapiensan international hit and aNew York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.