Ebook: Homo Deus A Brief History of Tomorrow
Author: Harari Yuval Noah
- Tags: Anthropologie philosophique, Civilization--21e siècle, Civilization Modern, Civilization Modern--21st century, Evolution, Histoire--21e siècle, History Modern, History Modern--21st century, Homme, Homme--Influence sur la nature, Human beings, Human beings--History, Menschheit, Nature--Effect of human beings on, Philosophical anthropology, Prévision technologique, Science and civilization, Sciences et civilisation, Technological forecasting, Technologie et civilisation, Technology and civilization, Zivilisation, Z
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Language: English
- epub
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 style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, 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...