Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow
Harari, Yuval N.2017
Book
"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.
Main title:
Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow / Yuval Noah Harari ; translated by the author.
Author:
Harari, Yuval N., author, translator
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]©2017
Collation:
449 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
"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.Translation of: ha-Hisṭoryah shel ha-maḥar. 2015.Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-430) and index.Translated into English from the Hebrew.
Contents:
The new human agendaI. HOMO SAPIENS CONQUERS THE WORLDThe AnthropoceneThe human sparkII. HOMO SAPIENS GIVES MEANING TO THE WORLDThe storytellersThe odd coupleThe modern covenantThe humanist revolutionIII. HOMO SAPIENS LOSES CONTROLThe time bomb in the laboratoryThe great decouplingThe ocean of consciousnessThe data religion.
ISBN:
9780062464316 (hbk)9780062464316 (hardback)
Dewey class:
909.83303.49
LC class:
CB428
Language:
EnglishHebrew
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
804855
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne Library | -History | HISTORY 909.83 HARA | On loan - Due: 12 Jul 2026 |