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Original title
  
ההיסטוריה של המחר

Publication date
  
2015

Originally published
  
2015

Page count
  
448

Country
  
Israel

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Publisher
  
Harvill Secker

Published in English
  
8 September 2016

Author
  
Yuval Noah Harari

Published in english
  
8 September 2016

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Language
  
English Hebrew (original) French (September 2017) Chinese

Subject
  
Civilization Technology and civilization Human beings

Similar
  
Yuval Noah Harari books, World history books

Yuval noah harari homo deus a brief history of tomorrow


Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Hebrew: ההיסטוריה של המחר) is a book written by Israeli author Professor Yuval Noah Harari from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The book was first published in Hebrew in 2015 by Dvir publishing. The English version was published in September 2016 in the UK and will be published February 2017 in the U.S. As with its predecessor, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Harari inspects the course of history while describing events and the individual human experience along with ethical issues derived from history. Homo Deus, as opposed to the previous book, deals more with the abilities acquired by mankind (Homo sapiens) throughout the years of its existence while basing itself as the dominant being in the world, and tries to paint an image of the future of mankind, if any. Throughout the book, many philosophical aspects are inspected, such as the human experience, individualism, human emotion and consciousness. Likewise, the book showcases the current abilities and achievements of mankind.

Contents

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Central thesis

  • Organisms are algorithms and as such homo sapiens may not be dominant in a universe where dataism becomes the paradigm
  • Since the verbal/language revolution around 70,000 years ago, human beings live within an "intersubjective reality" such as countries, borders, religion, money, all created by man in order to enable large-scale, flexible cooperation between different individual human beings.
  • Humankind's immense ability to give meaning to its actions and thoughts is what enabled it to carry out its many achievements.
  • Humanism is a form of religion that worships humankind instead of God. It puts mankind and its desires as a top priority in the world while basing itself as the dominant being. During the twenty-first century, humanism should push humans to search for immortality, happiness and power.
  • The threat which technology has over humankind and humanism and the continued ability of humankind to give meaning to its life under new conditions which have arisen and prophesying the coming replacement of humankind with a super-man or a Homo Deus (Human God) endowed with supernatural abilities such as eternal life.
  • Translations

  • The Turkish translation was available in December 2016.
  • The Chinese translation was available in January 2017.
  • The French translation will be available in September 2017.
  • The German translation will be available in February 2017.
  • References

    Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Wikipedia


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