Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Home Deus : a brief history of tomorrow / Yuval Noah Harari

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper Perennial, c2017Description: 449 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780062464347
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB 428 .H37 2017
Contents:
Dedication -- I. The New Human Agenda -- PART I. Homo Sapiens Conquers the World -- 2. The Anthropocene -- 3. The Human Spark -- PART II. Homo Sapiens Gives Meaning to the World -- 4. The Storytellers -- 5. The Odd Couple -- 6. The Modern Covenant -- 7. The Humanist Revolution -- PART III. Homo Sapiens Loses Control -- 8. The Time Bomb in the Laboratory -- 9. The Great Decoupling -- 10. The Ocean of Consciousness -- 11. The Data Religion -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Summary: “ 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.”
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode
Books Books NU Clark Circulation Non-fiction GC 428 .H37 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available NUCLA000002849

Includes index.

Dedication -- I. The New Human Agenda -- PART I. Homo Sapiens Conquers the World -- 2. The Anthropocene -- 3. The Human Spark -- PART II. Homo Sapiens Gives Meaning to the World -- 4. The Storytellers -- 5. The Odd Couple -- 6. The Modern Covenant -- 7. The Humanist Revolution -- PART III. Homo Sapiens Loses Control -- 8. The Time Bomb in the Laboratory -- 9. The Great Decoupling -- 10. The Ocean of Consciousness -- 11. The Data Religion -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

“ 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.”

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 NU LRC CLARK. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy I Powered by: KOHA