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Homo Deus

By: Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
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Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going.

The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.

It asks the fundamental questions: how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?

'Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before' Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow

© Yuval Noah Harari 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016

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Critic reviews

Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. Above all, it will make you think in ways you had not thought before. (Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow)
Shows us where mankind is headed in an absolutely clear-sighted and accessible manner
Even more readable, even more important, than his excellent Sapiens (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An exhilarating book that takes the reader deep into questions of identity, consciousness and intelligence
A brilliantly original, thought-provoking and important study of where mankind is heading.
Spellbinding… a quirky and cool book, with a sliver of ice at its heart
An intoxicating brew of science, philosophy and futurism.
Yuval Noah Harari is the most entertaining and thought-provoking writer of non-fiction at the moment. As with Sapiens, you finish the book feeling much wiser (Matt Haig)
An exhilarating book that takes the reader deep into questions of identity, consciousness and intelligence… Harari is a naturally gifted explainer, invariably ready with a telling anecdote or memorable analogy. As a result, it’s tempting to see him less as historian than as some kind of all-purpose sage. (Andrew Anthony)
Sets out with enviable (and alarming) lucidity the massive challenges now facing our species as genetic technologies, AI and robotics alter forever our relationships with one another and with other species. It’s even more readable, even more important, than his excellent Sapiens. (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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I am a fan of Yuval Noah Harari however I do find this book a lot less well researched as 'Sapiens' and there are a lot of conclusions he jumps to that I kept finding myself thinking "that's not entirely true" and "that's not very likely". This irritated me, especially as my experience of his previous work was entirely the opposite. However his style that blends philosophy, science and history is always thought provoking and he is a very accomplished writer so it is still a worth while read/listen.

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Excellent book, incredibly thought provoking and challenging. Walks you through religious history to religious future and makes you question your existing prejudices.

Fascinating

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Every human being should be able to read this book and take something useful from it. I will read the paper copy now so that I can mull over the key ideas and thoughts.

It has riveted my attention and given me more food for thought than any other book that I have read. I also read Sapiens and thought it also excellent both as a history and as a primer for Homo Deus.

Previous generations could not have grasped the points the author makes, but we, as a generation, are lucky to be able to see backwards and forwards from this point in time. Homo Deus is able to give us some clues as to where we (Sapiens) are in the context of time and keep us thinking. Thanks for a great book!

The Most Thought Provoking Book

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Homo Deus - is one more book which has got to the top of my list!
I read this book after I finished Sapience.
It continues talking about many thoughts which were touched in Sapience, but it takes it to more deeper level of thinking... which I extremely liked.

I read this book rather slowly, making a lot of pauses, as it provokes further thinking and actually required lots of post-processing. I needed to sleep over the ideas or thoughts.

* When I was reading Chapter 2 - few times I was not sure if I want to continue reading - honestly I was scared to read further ... I was scared to know and realise the truth about where our world is going to...
* How many jobs will become redundant very soon... We automating everything... but in the same time - all this process will create brand new jobs
* Topic about humanism was very interesting, and having humanism as almost the new religion gave an opportunity to see our current world in a bit of new light
* Though about the country borders... yes, they are official, but they are indeed very subjective... and are they really defined as we know those ?
* What is happiness? I liked that Harari's view on this topic is very similar to mine (which been developing through years, personal experience, books, discussions)
* Liked his thought about how our taste is being build... he suggested example with the tea.... and that's is the beauty of Harari's books - his examples are so simple and real life, his conclusions are very logical, his style of is

And I will read it again!
Thank you, Yuval!

I will read it again!

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This is the second of the authors books I have reAd. This had strong moments and a thoughtful theme but was not as ground breaking as I feel it could have been losing its way with repetition. That said worth reading.

Thought provoking

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