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Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
2017. 528 p. 198 mm
Verlag/Jahr: RANDOM HOUSE UK; VINTAGE 2017
ISBN: 1-78470-393-1 (1784703931)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78470-393-6 (9781784703936)
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In this vivid, challenging new book, the bestselling author of SAPIENS examines the implications of our newly acquired divine capabilities, from our desperate pursuit of happiness to our dogged quest for immortality. He explores howHomo Sapiensconquered the world, our current predicament and our possible futures. He asks, how do we avoid destruction, and what new world should we create?
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Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we´re going.
Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.
It asks the fundamental questions: how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?´Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before´ Daniel Kahneman
"Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. Above all, it will make you think in ways you had not thought before." Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow
Dr Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker, and is published in over 45 languages worldwide. It was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback. His follow-up to Sapiens, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow was also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by the Guardian as ´even more readable, even more important, than his excellent Sapiens´.