Homo Deus : a brief history of tomorrow

"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...

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Main Author: Harari, Yuval N. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
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245 1 0 |a Homo Deus :   |b a brief history of tomorrow   |c Yuval Noah Harari 
264 0 |a New York, NY :   |b Harper Perennial   |c c2017 
300 |a 449 pages :   |b illustrations (chiefly color) ;   |c 24 cm. 
336 |a text  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-430) and index 
505 0 0 |a 1. The new human agenda -- 2. The anthropocene -- 3. The human spark -- 4. The storytellers -- 5. The odd couple -- 6. The modern covenant -- 7. The humanist revolution -- 8. The time bomb in the laboratory -- 9. The great decoupling -- 10. The ocean of consciousness -- 11. The data religion 
520 |a "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 
650 0 |a Civilization, Modern   |y 21st century 
650 0 |a History, Modern   |y 21st century 
650 0 |a Human beings   |x History 
650 0 |a Nature   |x Effect of human beings on 
650 0 |a Science and civilization 
650 0 |a Technological forecasting 
650 0 |a Technology and civilization 
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