Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari

Sep 2016 · Vintage Digital · Narrated by Derek Perkins

About this audiobook

Brought to you by Penguin.

Sapiens showed us where we came from. In uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going.

Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.

It asks the fundamental questions: how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?

'Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before' Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow

© Yuval Noah Harari 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016

Ratings and reviews

Primitive ideas as soon as he starts talking about consciousness you realize he has no real knowledge. David Bohm, Micheal Levin biology and J. Krishnamurti can lead you in the right direction. The tail wags the dog. Humans are not conscious they are just a host. Firstly get as much of your population ready to survive the flood. Stop lying and get your population up to speed on the true nature of things. Force evolution by getting humans to communicate in a telepathic nature ban dialog remove vocal cords if necessary. Knowledge and communication will be eventually placed in the field to be drawn apon when needed by the all. Presto social cohesion humans have ascended. You can not disconnect humans all together with a chip imagine having to control your breathing or asking a cut to heal instead of everything being automatic. It would be a nightmare and a step backwards.

Fantastic book. Very honest look of our world from past to future. Yuval has a very clear and unwrapped prospective on things taking both science and the history of religion to conclude modern responses to what otherwise could be emotive or cold fact lead answers ranging from everything from state leadership to emotion in animals.

An exceptional book which has shone a light into many areas i have been curious about but unable to penetrate. if you want to know the future, listen to this audiobook.

About the author

Prof Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising 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 sixty languages worldwide. It was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback. His follow-up to Sapiens, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow was also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by the Guardian as 'even more readable, even more important, than his excellent Sapiens'. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, was a Number One Bestseller and was described by Bill Gates as 'fascinating' and 'crucial'. Harari worked closely with renowned comics illustrator Daniel Casanave and co-writer David Vandermeulen to create his latest book, an adaptation of his first bestseller, Sapiens Graphic Novel: Volume 1.