Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations right through.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Yuval Noah Harari, creator of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his center of attention toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.

Over the past century humankind has managed to do the inconceivable 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 much more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.

What then will replace famine, plague, and war on the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares which 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 give protection to this fragile world from our own destructive powers? That is the next stage of evolution. That is Homo Deus.

With the similar insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.