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Length: 14 hours and 54 minutes
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Category: Biological Sciences
Publisher: HarperAudio
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Yuval Noah Harari, creator of the critically acclaimed New York Instances finest vendor and worldwide phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally authentic, compelling, and provocative ebook, turning his focus towards humanity’s future and our quest to improve people into gods. Over the previous century, humankind has managed to do the inconceivable and rein in famine, plague, and battle. This may increasingly appear onerous to simply accept, however as Harari explains in his trademark fashion – thorough but riveting – famine, plague, and battle have been remodeled from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the primary time ever, extra individuals die from consuming an excessive amount of than from consuming too little; extra individuals die from outdated age than from infectious ailments; and extra individuals commit suicide than are killed by troopers, terrorists, and criminals put collectively. The typical American is 1,000 instances extra more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will exchange famine, plague, and battle on the high of the human agenda? Because the self-made gods of planet Earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the initiatives, desires, and nightmares that can form the twenty first century – from overcoming demise to creating synthetic life. It asks the elemental questions: The place can we go from right here? And the way will we shield this fragile world from our personal damaging powers? That is the subsequent stage of evolution. That is Homo Deus. With the identical perception and readability that made Sapiens a global hit and a New York Instances finest vendor, Harari maps out our future.
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