Homo Deus
Categories: History
For most of history, famine, plague, and war were humanity's biggest problems. Today, Yuval Noah Harari points out, more people die from eating too much than too little, and more die of old age than of infectious disease. So what comes next? In this follow-up to Sapiens, Harari turns to the future and imagines the projects that could shape the twenty-first century, from overcoming death to creating artificial life, as humans try to upgrade themselves into gods.
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- Shane Parrish: “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Harari, the author of the absolutely incredible and incendiary book Sapiens, is back with another one. This one is even more controversial because Harari predicts a bad future if we’re not careful with our AI technology. But don’t read it for that. Seriously. Read it because it’s absolutely chock full of interesting thoughts about the human condition”
- Scott Galloway: “Great (and sobering) book about our future, especially if big tech continues unchecked. “One central project will be to protect humankind & the planet as a whole from the dangers inherent in our own power” @harari_yuval”