Homo Deus

A Brief History of the Future

Summary:
From the author of the number-one bestseller Sapiens, Homo Deus shows where we are headed. War is outdated; you are more likely to commit suicide than to be killed in a conflict. Hunger is disappearing; you are more threatened by obesity than by hunger. Death is just a technical problem. Equality is a thing of the past, but immortality is on the rise. What does the future hold for us? Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling phenomenon Sapiens, envisions a not-so-distant world where we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams, and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It poses fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive forces? Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you.

About the Author:
Dr. Yuval Noah Harari holds a PhD in history from the University of Oxford and currently teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has become an international phenomenon, attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker, and is published in over 45 languages worldwide. It was a number-one bestseller on the Sunday Times list and remained in the top ten of the paperback charts for over nine months. Its successor to Sapiens, Homo Deus: A Brief History of the Future, was also a bestseller in the top ten and was described by the Guardian as "even more readable, even more important than his outstanding Sapiens.".