Yuval Noah Harari, author of the best-selling Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of challenges. Now, in Homo Deus, he examines our future with his trademark blend of science, history, philosophy and every discipline in between.

Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the 21st 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. War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict. Famine is disappearing. You are at more risk of obesity than starvation. Death is just a technical problem. Equality is out - but immortality is in. What does our future hold?

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Listening Length	14 hours and 53 minutes
Author	Yuval Noah Harari
Narrator	Derek Perkins
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Audible.com.au Release Date	08 September 2016
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
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Language	English
ASIN	B01HGY4S96
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Don't expect this book to be same as Sapiens

Reviewed in Australia on 20 January 2021

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Homo Deus: Brief History of Tomorrow

I expected this book to be similar to “Sapiens: Brief History of Humankind” which was a fantastic book but I was wrong, this book is a mess. It says on the title “Brief History of Tomorrow” but all it talks is about the present and not enough about the future.

This book mainly focuses on knowing what is happening right now, what is going to happen and how to live in the future world. I am not joking but over 60% of information was unnecessary for me which made me ask myself “should I stop reading this book?” I noticed that this book is too informative and not enough opinion from the author.

“Sapiens” talked about widely through human emotions to technological evolution but in Homo Deus, most of the chapters are about technology and I was tired of that.

I totally prefer buying “Sapiens” rather than this awful book and if you are willing to buy the book I recommend in the book rather than ebook and audible.

I am not saying that this book is the worst for everyone, it just didn’t fit in my type of book that I like and I would prefer this book to a person who wants to learn about the present technology behind the life we live in. I also recommend this book for a young reader who needs to realise how future life is going to be tough and uneasy.

Although it has many problems with this book, there are some important message and lesson within.

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Maxwell

Homo Deus or Homo Cyborg

Reviewed in Australia on 22 December 2020

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Yuval Harari does a gross disservice to humanity. By He relegates humanity to two contexts of emotional experience, and information or knowledge or data, where he defines the two as being almost antithetical to each other.

He anticipates that the so called Godly human will have no requirement for knowledge, He says knowledge and data is often mistakenly secured and created through so called misinformation which he says the brain creates to analyse experience ,

. Because of this and the profound knowledge of the life sciences we now espouse the he says introduction of computers and artificial intelligence, m will take away our animality and feelings which he looks upon with a certain degree of disrespect and lack of understanding.

He almost denigrates our past history as being something which has failed in certain ways, and therefore we have to look towards a new consensus going beyond liberalism, to a so called utopia of Homo Deus but basically not understanding that we're really entering a dystopia .He has no conception of the Orwellian world.

I think he's cozying up to such people as Ray Kurzweil and Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg, He is trying to inform the public that we're going into a wonderful new world, which may in fact dehumanize people to the extent they will become purely and simply homos cyborgs.

It's a very depressing book, which is enlivened by his intelligence, but lacking the basic understanding of what the feeling and spiritual nature of humanity is.

This is because he does not understand the nature of consciousness, and the huge advances in this research .In fact, he has no understanding of the new science of life based on consciousness, and he is really backward in his conceptualization.

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Lee Davis

Amazing read, but read it soon

Reviewed in Australia on 29 January 2018

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Harari does it again. A fantastic follow up to Sapiens.

Really enjoyed this book, but the second half is the most gripping. It offers a number of paths humanity can take into the future and to be honest all are fairly bleak.

The only point to raise with this book is that whilst Sapiens is reasonably timeless as it covers humanity from inception to modern day, Homo Deus will date fairly quickly, so I recommend reading it soon!

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Consciousness is more valuable than intelligence

Reviewed in Australia on 6 November 2018

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My headline above is my answer to one of the key questions at the end of this book which I rate less insightful than the authors 'Sapiens' book.

I rated this book slightly less because I feel the author underestimates and undervalues humanism. There's no mention in the book for example about enlightened self-interest the philosophy in ethics which I experience as being a very powerful force for good in the world.

I'm also a dataism skeptic and don't accept all the hype about freedom of information when insight is the key not information.

Despite my misgivings above I still think this book is a highly valuable read and makes a great contribution to what our future will be like. And I will be getting the authors next book as soon as I press submit.

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Rob McKilliam

Brilliant - simply brilliant

Reviewed in Australia on 16 November 2017

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This book explains - with extraordinary insights, respect and sensitivity - where human society is today and how we got here. The author then suggests where we may be going; and the possible destinations he describes are profoundly disturbing.
Beautifully constructed with recurrent themes throughout that not only help you understand his points but also make you go ‘Wow - I never thought of it like that before.’

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Jonathan Griffiths

Thought provoking

Reviewed in Australia on 15 June 2020

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Very interesting read, though I think his previous book is better.
His insights into what brought mankind to this point are very insightful.
His predictions into where we're headed I found less convincing - but who knows. Time will tell.
Certainly gave me plenty to think about.

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wayne e sanday

The end is nigh

Reviewed in Australia on 9 February 2017

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An exhilarating insight into what the future holds for Homo Sapien. The author masterly weaves the story of human development. From hunter gathers, agrarian societies, to industrialised societies and into the futuristic techno-human future. Unfortunately, the news is not all that good. But we are on an unstoppable journey which could be taking us to realisation of the superman. For those keenly interested in the progress of Homo Sapien this book will be unputdownable.

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person from England

Ghastly

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 November 2019

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He is actually attempting to sell us on the idea that Google choosing who we vote for would be a good thing... and that abandoning our individuality is in our best interests. This book is a distillation of everything that is wrong with the world, dressed up in a thousand clever and convincing arguments. I don't think I have ever been so creeped out. Notice that the word "groupthink" is conspicuously absent from the index... so is this the pill that everyone is swallowing now?

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Mr. D. J. Marsala

Brilliant, as per.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2017

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As with Sapiens, this wasn't an easy read. However, it is very rewarding, insightful and thought-provoking - you will learn A LOT when reading this.

The best thing about it is the way Harari effortlessly threads different fields of anthropology, biology, neuroscience, behavioural economics, economics, psychology, history and philosophy.

I would say that some of the terminology could be easier to grasp; his breakdown of the liberalism world view and dataism could go over the heads of the layman.

Harai is a visionary; and this book sets out a well-backed up case for a warning for humanity as we approach an age dominated by genetic modification, AI and super-humans.

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Scary and illuminating

Reviewed in India on 11 January 2018

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Boy am I glad I am living this day and age rather than 50-100 years from now! Just a coincidence that I happened to watch the first season of Black Mirror on Netflix and I was chilled to think that it may end up that way given how articulately Prof Harari puts it. Humans becoming data points and then dissolving like clumps of mud in the river flow of data. But Homo Sapiens do seem to have a deathwish and this accelerating data driven world may indeed mean the end of Homo Sapiens. Both these books are right up there with the most thought provoking books I have ever read. Prof Harari take a bow - just blows the mid away with the breadth of his knowledge and the expanse of his canvas.

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OneRealReviewAmongstASeaOfFakes

Overly long view of today, overly short thoughts of future

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2018

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Discussion of where we are today is insightful but goes on and on and on.
Discussion of where we might go tomorrow is too short and badly thought through; very badly thought through in fact.
Almost like it was constructed from existing material with a new ending added on. I haven't read Sapiens yet, but I'm suspicious that might the existing material bit...

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TonyDataMan

This does indeed change the way I think.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2018

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I approached this book on recommendation from a friend. It didn’t take me long to realise that it does indeed change the way I see things. It is written in such a simple way, and yet it covers the most complex of theories and social mechanisms. I find myself saying “Well that’s so obvious, but I never saw it that way before, and I don’t know why”
It certainly helps me come to terms with my thoughts and beliefs about religion and humanity. It turns out I am a liberal humanist, now who would have thought!
It answers questions for me, such as “why are we here” (Why does there have to be a “why”?) and “where are we going?”
If I had stopped and put my thoughts down on paper, used common sense and considered the technical and medical world as it is, I would probably have come to the same conclusion contained in the book. It’s all a bit obvious, but we don’t think of it, and so we don’t know how to answer those questions. Do we really believe medical advances are going to slow down or stop? Do we really believe that technology advances are going to slow down or stop? The answer to both is “no”.
So, if that’s the case, it’s obvious that we will inevitably achieve immortality once aging and disease have been removed.
So then what? Imagine increasing our lives by just a quarter. When do we stop work? How do we support ourselves? What meaning will we have in our long long lives? Where’s the food coming from?
I love this book and I’m going to have to read it again, because it’s difficult to take it all in the first time through.

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