Yuval Noah Harari

Homo Deus (eBook, ePUB)

A Brief History of Tomorrow

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.

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 stylethorough, yet rivetingfamine, 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 centuryfrom 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062464354
• Artikelnr.: 45693676

Autorenporträt

Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling historian and philosopher, is considered one of the world's most influential intellectuals today. His popular booksincluding Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and the series Sapiens: A Graphic History and Unstoppable Ushave sold more than forty-five million copies in sixty-five languages. Harari, with his husband, Itzik Yahav, cofounded Sapienship, a social impact company with projects in the fields of education and storytelling, whose main goal is to focus the public conversation on the most important global challenges facing the world today. Harari has a PhD in history from the University of Oxford. He is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and lectures in the department of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Rezensionen

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Besprechung von 17.12.2017

Das Superhirn

Hat ein Historiker mit 35 Jahren schon einen Bestseller über die gesamte Weltgeschichte verfasst, bleibt ihm nur eine Wahl: seine Disziplin zu verlassen, die Richtung zu wechseln und über ein Thema zu schreiben, bei dem Prognosen einem verbreiteten Bonmot zufolge besonders schwierig sind. Die Rede ist von der Zukunft. Ihr widmet sich Yuval Noah Harari, der an der Hebräischen Universität Jerusalem Geschichte lehrt, in seinem neuen Buch "Homo Deus". Der Titel verrät schon alles: Im Zeitalter von Bio- und Datentechnologie ("Dataismus") verwandelt sich der Mensch in ein gottgleiches Superwesen, das den bisher bekannten Homo sapiens überflüssig macht. Das alles schreibt Harari in einer Mischung aus Faszination und Horror so süffig auf, dass man es fast glauben mag - würde der Autor auf seiner Werbetour nicht ausgerechnet Amazon als Beispiel für die neuen Superhirne präsentieren. Dort bekommt ein Nutzer, der mal nach dem Stichwort "Harari" gesucht hat, wochenlang nur einen einzigen Autor empfohlen: Harari.

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Yuval Noah Harari: Homo Deus. Eine Geschichte von Morgen. C. H. Beck 2017. 24,95 Euro.

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"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