Homo Deus a brief history of tomorrow

• Main Author: Harari, Yuval N. (Author, Translator)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Harper Perennial 2018
• Edition: First U.S. edition
• Subjects: Civilization, Modern > 21st century; Technology and civilization; Science and civilization; Technological forecasting; Human beings > History; Philosophical anthropology; Nature > Effect of human beings on; History, Modern > 21st century
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• Item Description: "First published as The History of Tomorrow in Hebrew in Israel in 2015 by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir. Previously published in Great Britain in 2016 by Harville Secker, a division of Penguin Random House Group Ltd."--Title page verso. 500; Translation of: ha-Hisṭoryah shel ha-maḥar. 2015.
• Physical Description: 449 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-430) and index.
• ISBN: 9780062464347; 0062464345

"Over the past century, humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. 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 McDonald's 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 for 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."--Publisher's Web site.