4.5
Geschiedenis
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.
With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780062657299
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 21 februari 2017
4.5
Geschiedenis
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.
With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780062657299
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 21 februari 2017
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Sk
5 mei 2021
Works better than anti conception.
Henk
20 okt 2020
Thought provoking and sweeping!
Simon
16 jun 2020
Not as good as the first one!
Linda
31 jan 2020
Wat een geweldig boek. Een boek waarbij je uitgedaagd wordt om elke gedachte die je heb ook gelijk weer onder de loep te nemen. Niets is vanzelfsprekend of toch juist wel!!
Anne
10 jun 2022
Not my favorite. Listening to this book it seems very unstructured and like a web of thoughts.
Femke
14 jun 2022
Yuval Harari bewandelt nieuwe paden. Informatief en soms met onvoorspelbare toekomstscenario’s.
Jim
21 sep 2023
A very interesting look in the potential future of humanity.
Dominik
11 sep 2022
Though provoking future scenarios on where Homo sapiens can end.
Ron
29 jan 2023
Amazing book about human history and the fast paced developments taking place likely changing our life for good.
Eolos
15 jun 2022
Book of the year.
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