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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.
用户评价
##Somewhat repetitive from time to time, but definitely worth every repetition!
评分##听了一半准备弃了，yuval大概是很好的历史学家，但是这一本完全就是pop science啊，也不是他的本专业，感觉毕竟牵强。我比较认同的是凭什么humancentric，也认为接下来的一两百年人类会因为科技而进化成跟现在非常不相同的“人类”，到时候道德会成为全新的不同问题。
评分##通过Audible有声书听读完的。当然并不赞同一些观点，但是的确能够激发新的思考，比如：人本主义的合理性，感受和经历的价值，信息是否应该为王，人能否为自己的生命负责。
评分##角度的确很宏大 可以受到不少启发 作者太博学了 同时又讲的浅显易懂 服
评分##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。
评分##这是这几年来我读过的觉得最好看的一本书，大概没有“之一”。书中有太多兴奋点，从头到尾。有些是开眼界，有些是我的困惑点。准备什么时候再读一遍，做点笔记。
评分##角度的确很宏大 可以受到不少启发 作者太博学了 同时又讲的浅显易懂 服
评分##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。
评分##前面部分真是有点啰嗦了，作者属于举例子狂人，幸好最后一部分提出了几个挺有意思的观点补回票价，总体是推荐的。
