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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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.
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##过去一个月在上班的公交车上断断续续读完。人类未来的命运道路或许从来没有像现在这样充满不确定性，但能够亲眼见证Dataism对Humanism的冲击，也是这个时代给我们的最大福利。接下来打算读这个作者的前一本书Sapiens
##经万维钢提练后，也是分了五部分陈述了书内的主要内容。很不过瘾，希望可以买到原文亲眼过一遍。
##真的好啰嗦。。没有sapiens写的满，感觉疯狂灌水。
##Commuting读物，终于读完了，影响非常大，在我看来这本书最核心的其实是瓦解自由意志，所以不会有几个人真正理解到这一层，因为理解就意味着否定人文主义自由主义和人类存在的意义，所以读完的那一刻，我内心的那个自我就已经跳楼自杀了。
##一瓶高浓度的心灵硫酸
##看过homo sapeisns或没时间的话可以直接看第三章，脑洞蛮大的。当然，还是没改稍嫌啰嗦的毛病……
##看过homo sapeisns或没时间的话可以直接看第三章，脑洞蛮大的。当然，还是没改稍嫌啰嗦的毛病……
##机场读物鸡头（complexity wise) 。什么都说了一点，什么也没说。大概是一种，here are some interesting facts, what do you think? 的读物。
##Somewhat repetitive from time to time, but definitely worth every repetition!